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Whether you love or hate Marmite is, partly, in your DNA

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.

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The year Marmite swabbed your cheeks: the 2017 Gene Project

The year Marmite swabbed your cheeks: the 2017 Gene Project

In 2017 Marmite asked the nation to spit in a tube. The Gene Project claimed your DNA decides whether you love or hate the jar, sold you a testing kit, and lifted sales 14 per cent. The marketing was brilliant, the science thin.

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