The pronunciation argument has been running for at least a hundred years. "Mar-meet" is the original French, and is, technically, correct. "Mar-might" is the British naturalisation, and is what almost everyone in Britain actually says. Both are now acceptable.
Marmite Articles
Explore our collection of articles about Marmite, Britain's most divisive spread.
How Marmite was invented, by a German chemist and a Burton brewery
Justus von Liebig was one of the most important nineteenth-century chemists, a founder of modern organic chemistry, the namesake of the Liebig condenser still found in every undergraduate lab, and a serial inventor of food products.
Guinness Marmite, the limited edition with the Irish stout yeast
Marmite, as anyone who has read [Burton-on-Trent, where the Marmite actually comes from](/articles/marmite-factory-burton-on-trent) will already know, has always sourced its raw material from leftover brewers' yeast.
Burton-on-Trent, where the Marmite actually comes from
The Marmite factory has been on the same Burton-on-Trent site since 1902. It was not, you will be relieved to hear, chosen at random.
Whether you love or hate Marmite is, partly, in your DNA
A few years back, the consumer-genetics company DNAFit ran a study they called the Marmite Gene Project. The aim was to see whether the famous love-it-or-hate-it divide had a genetic basis, beyond cultural exposure and childhood imprinting. The answer, surprisingly, was yes.
Marmite hooch, the prison-cell ferment that briefly became famous
The brewing of alcohol at home requires no licence in the UK for personal consumption. The brewing of alcohol in prison is, however, against prison rules, and this article is not a recommendation to do either, particularly the second. It is a piece of food history. Read on accordingly.
M&S have launched a proper Marmite-cheddar sandwich
M&S have launched a pre-made sandwich in their food-to-go range that pairs Marmite cream cheese with British farmhouse cheddar, on vitamin-D enriched soft white bread. Around four quid.
M&S have put Marmite in a salted-caramel blondie
For autumn 2023, M&S put a Marmite product into their bakery range. Specifically: Pecan and Salted Caramel Blondies with Marmite. A blondie base (vanilla brownie), studded with pecans, with a Marmite-laced salted-caramel sauce swirled through, baked into a fudgy slab. On the face of it: mad.
Marmite Truffle: the posh jar of 2022
Marmite went posh in May 2022 with a truffle edition, a 250g Sainsbury's exclusive at £4.50 launched by horse-drawn carriage. The aroma is the whole event. Whether truffle and Marmite need each other is another question.
Marmite Dynamite: the chilli jar that went off in 2021
In February 2021 Marmite added chilli and called it Dynamite, a six-month Sainsbury's exclusive with a lid that looked set to explode. The gimmick was loud. The spread, surprisingly, was actually good.
