Some how it has changed, tastes the same but has the consistency of liquid nails, hard to spread and not like it used to be, not sure if I like it due to difficulty in spreading on fresh bread or toast for that matter
Possum3 said
10:19 AM Oct 10, 2022
Agree Marrinup, I thought it was just me - it just about pulls the toast apart when attempting to smear it on.
Craig1 said
01:52 PM Oct 10, 2022
Yep, rolls up behind the knife somehow. So it is not just me either.
Gundog said
04:17 PM Oct 10, 2022
Are we talking about real butter or the blended rubbish.
I generally take the real butter out of the fridge as soon as I get up, thus its softened enough when I get around to having breaky.
Or when you looking around a 2nd hand shop look for some old bone handled bread and butter knives, the blade is nice and thin and the hard butter rolls thinly easy to spread then.
KJB said
04:42 PM Oct 10, 2022
Gundog wrote:
Are we talking about real butter or the blended rubbish.
I generally take the real butter out of the fridge as soon as I get up, thus its softened enough when I get around to having breaky.
Or when you looking around a 2nd hand shop look for some old bone handled bread and butter knives, the blade is nice and thin and the hard butter rolls thinly easy to spread then.
Exactly......! KB
Plain Truth said
05:24 PM Oct 10, 2022
I think the topic is Vegemite,not butter
dorian said
02:54 AM Oct 11, 2022
Gundog wrote:
Are we talking about real butter or the blended rubbish.
Butter, made from cow's milk, then the cream from the milk with the bejus wipped out of it. Nearly creamy white.
Vegemite, made in Australia as an alternative to English Marmite, yeast ,barley, malt salt etc etc. Black as Black Dog Creek.
The left overs from Vegemite production are put into big tankers and sent to Corowa and mixed for pig feed, hence could be described as " makin bacin " as well.
Dick0 said
12:54 PM Oct 12, 2022
dorian wrote:
Gundog wrote:
Are we talking about real butter or the blended rubbish.
Dorian is Fabio!
Craig1 said
10:00 AM Oct 13, 2022
Just open a new jar this morning, I weigh it because it looked like not filled, if it was 380g I will be amazed. They are treading a fine line to be out of cupboard.
Santa said
10:09 AM Oct 14, 2022
Marmite for me, still as good as it ever was.
hufnpuf said
11:12 AM Oct 14, 2022
I don't know, I get Mighty Mite. It is softer than Vegemite, it has a jelly-like consistency. Some of you might want to give it a try.
dorian said
12:40 PM Oct 14, 2022
Do any of them taste any different than this?
Santa said
01:35 PM Oct 14, 2022
Very much a personal thing, if you've been bought up on the stuff no problem, if you come to it later in life
Introducing Americans to Vegemite/Marmite is hilarious, the slather it on like peanut paste, then declare it disgusting like most things they seem to think more is better, with Vegemite it definately ain't so.
dorian said
02:11 PM Oct 14, 2022
The only time I tasted it, I gave the rest to my friend's dog. My brother likes it, though, so it must be an acquired taste.
dorian said
02:15 PM Oct 14, 2022
Dick0 wrote:
Dorian is Fabio!
Not quite, but I have a nephew-in-law named Fabio ...
Tony LEE said
05:09 PM Oct 14, 2022
Much reduced salt content compared to original has changed the texture
dorian said
05:15 AM Oct 15, 2022
I don't see any change in the nutrition info since 2020.
-- Edited by dorian on Saturday 15th of October 2022 05:57:28 AM
Possum3 said
07:54 AM Oct 15, 2022
dorian wrote:
I don't see any change in the nutrition info since 2020.
-- Edited by dorian on Saturday 15th of October 2022 05:57:28 AM
You posted contradictory links.
Tony's preceding information appears correct, if sodium is decreased (usually in the form of salt).
dorian said
08:13 AM Oct 15, 2022
Possum3 wrote:
dorian wrote:
I don't see any change in the nutrition info since 2020.
-- Edited by dorian on Saturday 15th of October 2022 05:57:28 AM
You posted contradictory links.
Tony's preceding information appears correct, if sodium is decreased (usually in the form of salt).
There has been no change in the product range since 2020, so if you have only recently noticed a difference, then the nutrition information doesn't shed any light.
In 2012 there was only one product, so if that is the basis for your comparison, then there are several possible explanations for the differences. I was comparing the original product against Vegemite Bolognese. There are other alternatives such as "gluten free" which has even less carbohydrate. However, the recent formulation now has dietary fibre which wasn't present in 2012. I would think that would be a more likely reason for the change in consistency or spreadability.
Craig1 said
11:17 AM Oct 15, 2022
Awaiting an answer direct from Vegemite(bega) about this. Lady said " no change she was aware of"
Rob Driver said
11:20 AM Oct 15, 2022
If it is less salt then it might be a good thing.
Unfortunately after recent observations of processed foods which appear in increasing numbers in the Duopoly Supermarkets designed so that the new wave of yuppies dont have to cook ( mainly because they cant) I have about as much faith in these Food Scientists as I have in Climate Scientists.
I would lay good money on the table that my wife and our grandmothers had a better knowledge of food nutrition than these kids fresh out of school that are manipulating what may have started out as good food into something where, quite often, the package it comes in has more nutritional value than the product within.
Mike Harding said
01:31 PM Oct 28, 2022
Banned it under the Geneva Convention as a "Cruel and unusual punishment" I hope! :)
Craig1 said
09:39 AM Dec 16, 2022
Well today I received acompensation voucher from Vegemite, not abou the taste issue, still no answer, but the next jar was underweight, not by much, but that's not the point. It does however spread better and taste better.
Possum3 said
06:05 AM Dec 17, 2022
Why in God's great name would they remove their well-known name off the jar and replace it with "PIZZA" or "PHO".
Some F-wit in marketing must have cost the Company untold dollars by confusing their entire over 50's consumers, that couldn't find Vegemite on the shelf so they had to buy Marmalade instead.
Craig1 said
01:28 PM Dec 17, 2022
Just checked the pantry, ours says " Barty Parmy " . Wife said what is that stuff. I reply, You have to trust Ash, it will be ok.
Besides which, we have two jars of Marmalade.
Whenarewethere said
12:02 AM Jan 10, 2023
Can't stand either of those bottom of the barrel scrapings. But a Tapenade any day.
86GTS said
05:32 AM Jan 11, 2023
The last time I tasted Vegemite was back in 5th grade, 62 years ago.
Mum gave me Vegemite sandwiches for school lunch.
They tasted like sh*t so I threw them away.
Same goes for Peanut Butter.
Craig1 said
01:15 PM Apr 17, 2023
Latest update, Vegemite does NOT contain any Iron. Source Bega Foods-verbally around 10 am today.
Why, wife need to up her iron levels and doesnt really like Marmite, but it does have iron. ( no go for brussell sprouts either )
watsea said
01:59 PM Apr 17, 2023
Craig1 wrote:
Latest update, Vegemite does NOT contain any Iron. Source Bega Foods-verbally around 10 am today.
Why, wife need to up her iron levels and doesnt really like Marmite, but it does have iron. ( no go for brussell sprouts either )
The pate based on livers have a higher iron level.
Have you done a websearch? Information is available on the web.
Some how it has changed, tastes the same but has the consistency of liquid nails, hard to spread and not like it used to be, not sure if I like it due to difficulty in spreading on fresh bread or toast for that matter
Are we talking about real butter or the blended rubbish.
I generally take the real butter out of the fridge as soon as I get up, thus its softened enough when I get around to having breaky.
Or when you looking around a 2nd hand shop look for some old bone handled bread and butter knives, the blade is nice and thin and the hard butter rolls thinly easy to spread then.
Exactly......! KB
I think the topic is Vegemite,not butter
Vegemite, made in Australia as an alternative to English Marmite, yeast ,barley, malt salt etc etc. Black as Black Dog Creek.
The left overs from Vegemite production are put into big tankers and sent to Corowa and mixed for pig feed, hence could be described as " makin bacin " as well.
Dorian is Fabio!
Marmite for me, still as good as it ever was.
I don't know, I get Mighty Mite. It is softer than Vegemite, it has a jelly-like consistency. Some of you might want to give it a try.
Do any of them taste any different than this?
Very much a personal thing, if you've been bought up on the stuff no problem, if you come to it later in life
Introducing Americans to Vegemite/Marmite is hilarious, the slather it on like peanut paste, then declare it disgusting
like most things they seem to think more is better, with Vegemite it definately ain't so.
Not quite, but I have a nephew-in-law named Fabio ...
I don't see any change in the nutrition info since 2020.
web.archive.org/web/20201124210900/vegemite.com.au/our-range/
vegemite.com.au/our-range/
In 2012 there was more carbohydrate and sodium.
https://web.archive.org/web/20121102143712/http://www.vegemite.com.au/Pages/product-information-vegemite.aspx
-- Edited by dorian on Saturday 15th of October 2022 05:57:28 AM
You posted contradictory links.
Tony's preceding information appears correct, if sodium is decreased (usually in the form of salt).
There has been no change in the product range since 2020, so if you have only recently noticed a difference, then the nutrition information doesn't shed any light.
In 2012 there was only one product, so if that is the basis for your comparison, then there are several possible explanations for the differences. I was comparing the original product against Vegemite Bolognese. There are other alternatives such as "gluten free" which has even less carbohydrate. However, the recent formulation now has dietary fibre which wasn't present in 2012. I would think that would be a more likely reason for the change in consistency or spreadability.
Unfortunately after recent observations of processed foods which appear in increasing numbers in the Duopoly Supermarkets designed so that the new wave of yuppies dont have to cook ( mainly because they cant) I have about as much faith in these Food Scientists as I have in Climate Scientists.
I would lay good money on the table that my wife and our grandmothers had a better knowledge of food nutrition than these kids fresh out of school that are manipulating what may have started out as good food into something where, quite often, the package it comes in has more nutritional value than the product within.
Banned it under the Geneva Convention as a "Cruel and unusual punishment" I hope! :)
Some F-wit in marketing must have cost the Company untold dollars by confusing their entire over 50's consumers, that couldn't find Vegemite on the shelf so they had to buy Marmalade instead.
Besides which, we have two jars of Marmalade.
Can't stand either of those bottom of the barrel scrapings. But a Tapenade any day.
The last time I tasted Vegemite was back in 5th grade, 62 years ago.
Mum gave me Vegemite sandwiches for school lunch.
They tasted like sh*t so I threw them away.
Same goes for Peanut Butter.
Why, wife need to up her iron levels and doesnt really like Marmite, but it does have iron. ( no go for brussell sprouts either )
The pate based on livers have a higher iron level.
Have you done a websearch? Information is available on the web.