Marmite

Marmite is the brand name for an invented in 1902 in the UK vegetarian spice paste which is popular especially in the English-speaking world to this day still very popular especially as a spread. The brand is now part of Unilever.

This yeast has an intense Hefegeschmack and is mainly used as a spread. In addition, it is cast to flavor soups and stews or hot water is used as broth. Marmite is in the UK with the campaign " Love it or hate it" ( love it or hate it ) sold.

History

In French marmite refers to a large, covered earthenware or metal cooking pot. Such is therefore also in the logo of the product and also the shape of the vessels - originally made ​​from earthenware yet, but now made ​​of glass or plastic - still recalls the ancient cooking pots.

The Marmite Food Extract Company, whose main product was Marmite, 1902 in Burton- upon- Trent, Staffordshire (England ) founded. The product was in great demand; 1907 a second production facility was built in Camberwell Green in London.

Marmite is considered rich in B vitamins and therefore as a health-promoting food concentrate. For this reason, probably to convey above all else a sense of home, all the soldiers of the British Commonwealth received the allegedly fortifying yeast concentrate in the two world wars. The Marmite contained in thiamine ( vitamin B1 = ) should protect stationed in the tropics troops also against beriberi, a disease caused by thiamine deficiency disease.

Become a subsidiary of Bovril Limited Company - - 1990, Marmite Limited was purchased from CPC (United Kingdom ) Limited acquired. This changed in 1998 changed its name to Best Foods Inc, before it was finally taken over by the conglomerate Unilever in 2000, is the owner of the brand Marmite today.

On the supply side, there is a separate area for people who hate the product, as well as, for example, a category of " 10 ways to ruin your sandwich with Marmite ."

Production

Main component of yeast extract is marmite, ie a concentrate of decomposed yeast cells. Yeast is a by- product in various food processing processes. For Marmite emissions from the brewing of alcoholic fermentation in yeast cultures are used. These are made with bottom-fermented beer as so-called drusen or tank bottoms from, top-fermented beer in the other hand, increase the yeasts as Geest to the surface. The set of the still living or already dead yeast cells is collected and digested by autolysis. This cell sap is released, which is rich in protein. These are further broken down by enzymatic action into their amino acids, which have a significant share of the typical taste of the wort and partly real effect of the glutamic acid as a flavor enhancer, for example. The initial liquid extract is concentrated in the further course, several times filtered and freed of bitter substances - in principle by a process that was previously discovered already by Justus von Liebig.

Other ingredients whose exact composition is a trade secret, however, are salt, vegetable extracts and spices. Although yeast extract is rich in various vitamins of the B series, are added to the product additionally thiamine (formerly vitamin B1), Nicotinic acid ( Vitamin B5 earlier ), riboflavin (vitamin B2), folic acid and cobalamin (vitamin B12). The latter occurs naturally in yeast extract did not exist and is only added during the manufacturing process.

Ingredients

(%) = Daily requirement (RDA = Recommended Daily Allowance )

Others

A persistent modern myth, eating Marmite protects (or other vitamin B-rich products) against mosquitoes, since the skin supposedly a human imperceptible, but should leave unpleasant odor to mosquitoes. For this reason, some British travelers lead in the tropics Marmite to be eaten with it, although there is no scientific basis for the alleged protective effect of yeast extracts.

In Switzerland there is since 1931 a similar product called Cenovis and in Germany is produced by Vitam yeast product in Hameln GmbH VITAM -R since the late 20s.

In the series Mr. Bean Mr. Bean served because he has no food at home, branches with Marmite. But the guests noticed that and refrained.