Marmite is made in Burton-on-Trent for one practical reason: it was the brewing capital of Britain, with roughly a quarter of the nation's beer and a mountain of spare yeast. The jar exists because of the pint, and it always has.
Marmite History
Complete historical coverage of Marmite from its invention in 1902 to the present day. Explore the origins, wartime significance, post-war growth, and modern developments of Britain's most iconic yeast extract spread.
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Updates from the Monumite unveiling
I have made the trip to Burton to be apart of the unveiling of the 'Monumite', the shrine for al Marmite lovers.
The Mish-mash Dictionary of Marmite
&creativeYou'd be surprised at how few Marmite related books there are, especially as the number of Marmite brands are growing enormously at the moment.
On the origins of the word Marmite
From www.nakedtranslations.com [site appears to be dead] We were looking at the menu of a very nice London restaurant on Saturday when one of my co-lunchers exclaimed: "Monkfish tail "en marmite"??! Whaaaat? Fish in Marmite?" Tut tut. Those Engleesh. I reassured my friend: "Of course not.
Prisoners turn to Marmite moonshine
You search the web time and again, but still you miss the most amazing things. In 2002, the centennial year of Marmite, it was discovered that inmates at a jail near Wolverhampton in England, were brewing their own "hooch" using Marmite.
A short history of Marmite: 1902 to today, in twelve key dates
It begins, as a lot of British food does, with a by-product nobody wanted. In 1902, a small group of investors paid £100 a year to rent a disused malt house in Burton-on-Trent and started a company called the Marmite Food Company Limited. Burton was the centre of the British brewing industry.
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