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Is Marmite banned in British prisons? The 'Marmite Mule' myth

Is Marmite banned in British prisons? The 'Marmite Mule' myth

The story goes that Marmite is banned in British prisons because inmates were using it to brew illicit alcohol. It makes a good headline and a worse fact. There is no blanket ban, and the science the myth rests on is wrong: the yeast in Marmite is dead before it reaches the jar, so it cannot ferment anything.

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