Shortages & Controversies

Marmite supply issues, controversies, and debates: Marmitegate in New Zealand, Brexit shortages, and viral incidents.

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Marmite Messiah: Jesus on Lid

In the best piece of pareidolia this year, Claire Allen of Ystrad, Rhondda has reported to the BBC that she first noticed the MarmArt ( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 ) image of Jesus on the underside of her Marmite lid when she was spreading the yeast extract on her son's toast.

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Marmite, world terrorist threat

I'm serious, British customs seize half eaten Marmite jar due to potential use in hijacking an airplane. Exactly what I was supposed to be able to do with my half empty 150g jar I don't know. Threaten to force feed the passengers and crew?

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Watchdogs hate Marmite – Official

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said that six terrified parents claimed that their two- and three-year-olds had been "terrified" by the latest Marmite commercials. We aren't sure if it's the children terrified of the advert or the parents terrified their children might eat Marmite.

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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.

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