Vegemite Banned in the US
 

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:

Glad my government is working hard to protect me.

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

Oh for #$*'s sake :3_eyes:

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

A nutrient vital to reproductive functions.

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.

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.

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.

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

Just spread it thinly. ;)

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????

OFGS! Ridiculous!

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

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).