cod liver oil and malt

[mandimoo]

following someone elses question in health and fitness, what does the above taste like. is it like marmite? or anchovy paste (which i describe as fishy marmite!), or something else?

[patsyann]

Had it as a child in the 1940's. It tasted lovely particularly with food rationing ,so very little sweets available. Had it on a spoon and it was like soft toffee. Presume it is still the same.Nothing like marmite or fish paste.

[ethandron]

oooh, no, no, no, nothing like marmite or anchovy paste. it's a sweet taste, not savory at all. and not fishy in a strong way, just a subtle smell/taste of the cod liver oil, but mainly the sweet malty taste. like runny malty toffee. very hard to describe.

[figure]

Cod liver oil also comes in flavours. I've seen orange and cherry flavoured. http://tinyurl.com/4kd9mc

[mrs_overall]

I'd forgotten all about this!
My siblings and I (all ten of us) used to line up each morning for mum to give us our daily spoonful.
As the others have said, it's a lovely sweet, malty taste and it was the same consistency as firmish honey.
I wonder if it's still sold?