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Marmite popcorn is the savoury-snack idea that should have happened a decade ago

Marmite popcorn is the savoury-snack idea that should have happened a decade ago

Marmite popcorn is the savoury snack hiding in your cupboard. The eight-minute stovetop recipe, why the butter carrier matters, the two mistakes to avoid, and why the homemade version beats anything in a bag.

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The Marmite WWII workers' campaign: how a brown jar became part of the war effort

The Marmite WWII workers' campaign: how a brown jar became part of the war effort

Marmite's Second World War story: the B-vitamin workers' advertising in factory press, the Red Cross parcels to prisoners of war, the desert and jungle field rations, and what the wartime ads actually looked like.

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"Love it or hate it": where the Marmite slogan came from, and how it rescued a struggling brand

"Love it or hate it": where the Marmite slogan came from, and how it rescued a struggling brand

Where 'love it or hate it' came from: the 1996 BMP DDB campaign that rescued a fading brand by leaning into the half of Britain that hated the taste, and how the slogan escaped into everyday language.

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"Mar-meet" returns: Americans discover Marmite, briefly, and pronounce it wrong

"Mar-meet" returns: Americans discover Marmite, briefly, and pronounce it wrong

American TikTok creators are discovering Marmite, mostly because McCormick is American. Most of them are pronouncing it 'Mar-meet'.

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What happened to Schwartz: the 42-year case study for what comes next for Marmite

What happened to Schwartz: the 42-year case study for what comes next for Marmite

If you want to know what happens to a British heritage food brand under McCormick ownership, you do not have to speculate. There is already a forty-two-year working example sitting on every supermarket spice shelf in Britain.

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The umami-bomb trend is just cooks discovering what Nigella has been doing for years

The umami-bomb trend is just cooks discovering what Nigella has been doing for years

The TikTok umami-bomb trend has put Marmite in stews, ragus, and brownies. The trick is real, but Nigella was doing it in 2010.

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Marmite Hummus is real, and it is mostly fine

Marmite Hummus is real, and it is mostly fine

Marmite has launched a hummus, as a permanent product, in the chilled aisle. It is, to mild surprise, mostly fine and actually quite useful.

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TikTok discovers Marmite, again, but louder this time

TikTok discovers Marmite, again, but louder this time

TikTok's #MarmiteFirstTimer hashtag has passed half a billion views. What that means for the brand's next decade of customers.

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M&S launches a Marmite caramel sauce, because of course they did

M&S launches a Marmite caramel sauce, because of course they did

M&S launches a Marmite caramel sauce for Christmas. The word 'swalty' is regrettable. The sauce itself, surprisingly, works on ice cream.

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Marmite sausages: how a Shropshire butcher built an award-winning banger around the yeast extract

Marmite sausages: how a Shropshire butcher built an award-winning banger around the yeast extract

Morgan's Country Butchers, based at Waters Tump just outside Newport in Shropshire, have walked away from this year's National Craft Butchers Awards with two prizes for a Marmite-flavoured pork sausage. The awards were held at Harper Adams University in October.

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