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Twelve celebrities go on the record about Marmite, and we have all the receipts

Twelve celebrities go on the record about Marmite, and we have all the receipts

Twelve famous figures who have publicly committed to a side on Marmite, with their real quotes named and sourced. Six lovers (Florence Pugh, Sir Paul McCartney, Nigella Lawson, Nadiya Hussain, Hailey Bieber, Gordon Ramsay), six haters (Madonna, John Cena, Adele, Anthony Albanese, Hugh Jackman, Piers Morgan), and two more who use the word as a metaphor for their own work.

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An imagined Mnemonicon panel: Douglas Adams with Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Marvin and (regrettably) Zaphod Beeblebrox, each given a jar of Marmite

An imagined Mnemonicon panel: Douglas Adams with Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Marvin and (regrettably) Zaphod Beeblebrox, each given a jar of Marmite

A Towel Day panel: Adams plus Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Marvin and (regrettably) Zaphod Beeblebrox, each given a jar. Marvin calls it the accumulated regrets of civilisation.

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An imagined Mnemonicon interview with Douglas Adams on Marmite, Vogon customs, and the McCormick deal: a Towel Day session

An imagined Mnemonicon interview with Douglas Adams on Marmite, Vogon customs, and the McCormick deal: a Towel Day session

Douglas Adams (a Bovril-sandwich man, as it turns out) on Marmite, Vogon customs, and the McCormick deal. A Towel Day Mnemonicon session.

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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 Mnemonicon, five months in

The Marmite Mnemonicon, five months in

A Victorian fairground fortune-teller cabinet on a Norfolk shelf, wired to Sedasoft's siteengine_ai, lets the writer interview the dead about Marmite. The Christmas-2025 origin story.

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What is Marmite actually made of? A look at the ingredients list, in plain English

What is Marmite actually made of? A look at the ingredients list, in plain English

The eight things on a Marmite jar's label, in plain English: yeast extract, salt, vegetable juice, spice extracts, and the B vitamins added since the 1930s. The brewing connection, the B12 question, and what is not in the jar.

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Marmite facts: 15 things you (probably) didn't know, plus a bonus you won't believe

Marmite facts: 15 things you (probably) didn't know, plus a bonus you won't believe

Most Marmite fact lists are the same five lines copied off each other. This is the proper version: fifteen things about Marmite that are actually surprising and actually true, from the French pot on the label to the doctor who used it to discover folic acid, each one followed up in full if you want to go deeper.

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Every Marmite-flavoured snack on UK shelves: crisps, popcorn, peanuts, rice cakes and the rest

Every Marmite-flavoured snack on UK shelves: crisps, popcorn, peanuts, rice cakes and the rest

Every Marmite-flavoured snack on UK shelves in 2026: Walkers crisps, Joe & Seph's popcorn, KP peanuts, the discontinued Special K cereal and Cadbury chocolate, and what the licensing strategy tells you about the brand.

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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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Ma'amite came back for the Platinum Jubilee, and then the reign it toasted ended

Ma'amite came back for the Platinum Jubilee, and then the reign it toasted ended

Marmite reissued the Ma'amite pun for the 2022 Platinum Jubilee: purple Union-Jack label, yellow lid, royal warrant. Then the Queen died three months later, turning the last commemorative jar of her reign into an accidental full stop.

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