Marmite, Bovril, Colman's Sold to US Firm McCormick

BlueBelle

Nanna8 she’s right though Vegemite s not an equivalent at all 🤮

No, it's definitely not. Just not the same as the real thing.

Nanna8 she’s right though Vegemite s not an equivalent at all 🤮

Jennerdysphoria

You can buy Marmite equivalents - supermarkets have their own brands. There's also the Australian Vegemite.

They’re not a patch on real Marmite though would rather go without tbh

There's no need to be rude or patronising. I think it was a reasonable assumption given when you started the thread.

Grandmabatty

April Fool?

No, Dearie. Read the FT more often.

It's there in black and white.

Tra-la!

NotSpaghetti

And Vegemite’s quite unpleasant.

Ohh wash yer mouth out ! 😀😀😀

Essential Trading's Vitam-R Yeast Extract is delicious but not Marmite...
I like to have both!

(But not at once)

And Vegemite’s quite unpleasant.

No, sadly it isn't at all the same Pittcity.

You’ll have to get on to Vegemite, nothing else for it. At least it is still Australian not American ( for now ) . Happy little Vegemite’s as bright as bright can be.

Bovril is the only way to go. Especially after a swim.

I have to say that, as a long-time Marmite lover, I bought some Tesco own brand “Marmite” and it’s actually rather good. Spreads easier and much cheaper as well.

We can't get Marmite here so family brought several jars over for us. Some different flavoured ones, truffle, chilli etc. We will never need to buy Marmite again now.

Fallingstar

Yep it will soon taste rubbish like Cadburys does. I used to love Cadburys but now it is chocolate flavoured not actual chocolate.
I buy ‘actual’ chocolate from Lidl or Aldi, I believe is German chocolate.

Agreed !

There are only a few things I refuse to eat but Marmite and mustard are two of them, so it won't affect me. Sorry for those of you who like them if they cease to be what you enjoy.

Sady so many products seem to have changed for the worse in recent years. I'm not sure how much is that my tastes have changed or if the products have changed, but many things I used to love no longer give me the same pleasure. I guess it comes down to cost cutting along with shrinkflation! Some products can no longer call themselves chocolate coated eg Club Biscuits. I think they have to describe them as having chocolate flavoured coating.

Fallingstar

Yep it will soon taste rubbish like Cadburys does. I used to love Cadburys but now it is chocolate flavoured not actual chocolate.
I buy ‘actual’ chocolate from Lidl or Aldi, I believe is German chocolate.

Yes, the Aldi Chocolate is from Stollwerck, which now belongs to a Belgian firm, the Baronie Group., The Lidl chocolate is also from a german company, Ludwig/Trumpf, now belongs to the Krüger Group.

Allira

Does anyone remember the champagne marmite?

Yes. I bought some. Still have the jar (I tend to keep nice jars). It was horrible. The whole point of Marmite is it that it’s savoury, not sweet!

Greyduster

I’ve never found a suitable substitute for Marmite. None of them taste the same. Vegemite is horrid! Regarding Bovril, Morrisons do a very good own brand product which I buy all the time.

Agree. I remember the Vegemite we used to buy in South Africa, round about the late 60's. It was comparable to the Fray Bentos spread. But . . . I recently bought some Vegemite from the Oz Shop here in Germany, it tasted awful!! Simply smelling the "stuff" upon opening the jar was enough to put me off. My parcel from the Oz Shop was delivered by our DHL driver, coincidentally an australian. She was so excited that I had bought from her favourite shop, declared that she buys loads of Vegemite. Love it or hate it. It is sad that so many companies alter the recipe to suit their "budget". The recent debacle with Milka and Cadbury's proves it. Both were bought out by Mondelez.

My great grandfather sold all of his land in Thorpe St Andrew , Norwich to Colmans for mustard growing.
Just saying.

Stockpile before it is changed! It lasts forever.

I’ve never found a suitable substitute for Marmite. None of them taste the same. Vegemite is horrid! Regarding Bovril, Morrisons do a very good own brand product which I buy all the time.

When was it decided that anything had to be available for sale to anybody in the world regardless of what they intended to do with it? Shareholders obviously don’t care they just want the best price they can get other people have an interest too.

The Americans definitely wrecked Cadbury's chocolate, but they also ruined Heinz Baked beans. I'm not a fan of marmite, not actually a hater but I really have to be in the mood for it. I wonder what Americans will think of Colman's mustard compared to their own weak version. Let's hope some of our artisan food producers will continue and grow and build up our once great food industry to what it once was.

I use the Aldi equivalent, which is almost the same, mainly because of the price.

Usually American take overs have been the stuff of profit rather than taste. They buy up a best selling product and look at what they can achieve by adding more sugar instead of usual ingredients. American sweets are rubbish for the same reason.