Vegemite Banned in the US

Sundae · 10-23-2006, 09:03 AM

Just thought I should flag this in case any of our Aussie Dwellars decided to holiday in the States next year. Don't pack your Vegemite, it'll be confiscated!

From many sources, including here:

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THE US has banned Vegemite, even to the point of searching Australians for jars of the spread when they enter the country.

The bizarre crackdown was prompted because Vegemite has been deemed illegal under US food laws.

The great Aussie icon - faithfully carried around the world by travellers from downunder - contains folate, which under a technicality, America allows to be added only to breads and cereals.

glatt · 10-23-2006, 09:15 AM

Glad my government is working hard to protect me.

wolf · 10-23-2006, 11:20 AM

You should be grateful. It's nasty stuff, even if it is fabled in song.

Stormieweather · 10-23-2006, 11:22 AM

Oh for #$*'s sake

SteveDallas · 10-23-2006, 11:47 AM

OK, I'll bite... what is folate? And why is it so evil?

Flint · 10-23-2006, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

OK, I'll bite... what is folate?

A nutrient vital to reproductive functions.

Beestie · 10-23-2006, 02:14 PM

I'll eat just about anything. Except vegamite. No worries, mate - once US demand is taken out of the equation, the price will drop.

Then there's always the black-market - the seemy underworld of vegamite dealers and those whose very existance is controlled by them.

MaggieL · 10-23-2006, 03:40 PM

Until this latest kerfluffle, I had not known that Vegemite is made from yeast. From the name, one would have thought ot was made from..well...vegetables.

Nobody would eat something called "yeast butter", I suppose.

Aliantha · 10-23-2006, 07:30 PM

Although I'm not the biggest advocate for vegemite, there are benefits to eating it, such as the boost to vitamin B in the system which is why it's a product eaten for breakfast and given to children.

As to it being taken off the market in the US, that's nothing more than politics thanks to the cereal and grain growers association, seeing as in the US they're the only group allowed to add folate to their products.

I'd lay money on vegemite being available in the US again before too long...minus the folate.

keryx · 10-23-2006, 07:54 PM

Darn! And I was so dependent on Aussies bringing vegemite with them to get a taste! It is good stuff, if a bit salty.

Aliantha · 10-23-2006, 08:08 PM

Just spread it thinly.

DucksNuts · 10-23-2006, 08:17 PM

Thats the prob, you guys just dont know how to eat the bloody stuff. Its devine if its done juuuuusssttt right.

I mean seriously, do you think so many kids would eat it if it was that nasty????

Urbane Guerrilla · 10-23-2006, 10:23 PM

OFGS! Ridiculous!

And I like Vegemite, preferring it over Marmite, spread thinly across buttered toast. Properly handled, obnoxious turns to piquant.

10-23-2006, 10:33 PM

Aliantha · 10-23-2006, 10:36 PM

The irony of it all is that vegemite is owned by the US. Vegemite is made by Kraft which is owned by none other than Phillip Morris (the cigarette Company).

10-23-2006, 11:20 AM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	You should be grateful. It's nasty stuff, even if it is fabled in song. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-23-2006, 11:22 AM	#4
Stormieweather Wearing her bitch boots Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Floriduh Posts: 1,181	Oh for #$*'s sake __________________ "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi

10-23-2006, 02:14 PM	#7
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	I'll eat just about anything. Except vegamite. No worries, mate - once US demand is taken out of the equation, the price will drop. Then there's always the black-market - the seemy underworld of vegamite dealers and those whose very existance is controlled by them. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

10-23-2006, 03:40 PM	#8
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	Until this latest kerfluffle, I had not known that Vegemite is made from yeast. From the name, one would have thought ot was made from..well...vegetables. Nobody would eat something called "yeast butter", I suppose. __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

10-23-2006, 07:30 PM	#9
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Although I'm not the biggest advocate for vegemite, there are benefits to eating it, such as the boost to vitamin B in the system which is why it's a product eaten for breakfast and given to children. As to it being taken off the market in the US, that's nothing more than politics thanks to the cereal and grain growers association, seeing as in the US they're the only group allowed to add folate to their products. I'd lay money on vegemite being available in the US again before too long...minus the folate. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-23-2006, 09:15 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Glad my government is working hard to protect me.

10-23-2006, 11:47 AM	#5
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	OK, I'll bite... what is folate? And why is it so evil?

10-23-2006, 07:54 PM	#10
keryx Mrs. Fargon Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 85	Darn! And I was so dependent on Aussies bringing vegemite with them to get a taste! It is good stuff, if a bit salty. __________________ Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.

10-23-2006, 08:08 PM	#11
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Just spread it thinly. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-23-2006, 08:17 PM	#12
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	Thats the prob, you guys just dont know how to eat the bloody stuff. Its devine if its done juuuuusssttt right. I mean seriously, do you think so many kids would eat it if it was that nasty????

10-23-2006, 10:23 PM	#13
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	OFGS! Ridiculous! And I like Vegemite, preferring it over Marmite, spread thinly across buttered toast. Properly handled, obnoxious turns to piquant. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

10-23-2006, 10:36 PM	#15
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	The irony of it all is that vegemite is owned by the US. Vegemite is made by Kraft which is owned by none other than Phillip Morris (the cigarette Company). __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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