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Vegemite (/ ˈ v ɛ dʒ i m aɪ t / VEJ-ee-myte) [1] [2] is a thick, dark brown [3] Australian food spread made from leftover brewers' yeast extract with various vegetable and spice additives. It was developed by Cyril Callister in Melbourne , Victoria for the Fred Walker Company in 1922, and it was first sold in stores on 25 October 1923.
A biography of Callister, The Man Who Invented Vegemite, written by his grandson Jamie Callister, was published in 2012. [4] [13] Callister is the great uncle to Kent Callister, a professional snowboarder who has competed at the Winter Olympics for Australia. The Cyril Callister Foundation, established in 2019, commemorates his life and work.
Vegemite was created, and first sold in 1923 [4] [6] after Walker's daughter Sheilah selected the winning entry from a public competition to name the product. [7] [8] After poor sales performance, Walker changed the product's name to Parwill (a joking reference to Marmite: "Ma might, but Pa will") before returning to Vegemite. [9]
When living abroad, Australians can’t help but crave the nostalgic taste of Vegemite on toast. As the famed brown spread turns 100, here’s a full A to Z list of the foods Australians love most.
It is primarily used as a spread on sandwiches and toast similar to Vegemite and Marmite. Promite was invented in the 1950s by Henry Lewis & Company and marketed under the Masterfoods brand. Henry Lewis & Company later became MasterFoods Australia and New Zealand, before being bought out by Mars, Incorporated , a privately owned U.S. company ...
While they were originally competitors, with the merger of Brockhoff and Arnott's in 1963, the decision was made to keep both products on store shelves. [2] Today, besides branding, the difference between the two biscuits include the replacement of the full cream milk powder and malt in Jatz with golden syrup in Savoy.
The first part of the product's name comes from Latin bovīnus, meaning "pertaining to an ox". [3] Johnston took the -vril suffix from Edward Bulwer-Lytton 's then-popular novel, The Coming Race (1871), the plot of which revolves around a superior race of people, the Vril-ya, who derive their powers from an electromagnetic substance named "Vril".
Cenovis is a dark brown food paste from Switzerland consisting of yeast extract, onions, carrots and spices.Sold internationally under the brand Sonaris, it is similar to English Marmite, Brazilian Cenovit, and Australian Vegemite.