Marmite / Vegemite

The delicacy "Marmite" from England and "Vegemite" from Australia. I ate and compared two fermented foods with similar names and ingredients.


Originally there was marmite, and vegemite is a product made to resemble it. In both cases, the main ingredient is yeast extract produced during the beer manufacturing process. Vegemite has been introduced once in the past in this article.

The same package is that the bottle is black and the cap is yellow (strictly speaking, the bottle itself is transparent and the black content is transparent). The label is a little cute, like marmite is like honey, but vegemite looks like a supplement or medicine at a glance.



Both contents are black. And the smell is strong! Like anchovies, like nam pla. I wonder if marmite feels a little sweet. Impression that vegemite is more rigid. As the label says.


Vegemite is harder to scoop with a spoon, and marmite is like jam.



You can eat it on toast or crackers, or dissolve it in soup. It is also used as a secret ingredient for simmered dishes.

This time with toast. Following the local way of eating, the base is butter, which softens saltiness and makes it easier to spread.



When I applied it, the marmite was a little clear caramel-like brown. There was a clear difference from the opaque, black vegemite.

Marmite

Marmite is salty above all. The amount of images was completely too large. Instead of painting the whole thing, it seems that it is enough to apply it lightly and thinly.


The taste is salty, like soy sauce, with a slight sweetness. It has a habit of fermented food, but it's easier to eat than I expected. I wonder if a little bitterness remains in the aftertaste. But at all, I felt that it was within the range of being "addicted". It looks good even if you put it on rice like tsukudani.

Vegemite

Vegemite has the impression that likes and dislikes are likely to break up.


The base is similar to marmite, but it is not sweet and has a stronger habit. It's a medicine or an herb, and it has an unforgiving scent and a strong bitterness.


There is a difference that makes me feel relieved when I return to marmite after eating vegemite once. I felt that vegemite was a strong evolutionary system rather than a sister product of marmite. But instead, vegemite may be more irresistible when it becomes a habit ...


By the way, neither marmite nor vegemite seems to be a favorite food in England or Australia. Is it something like natto or kusaya in Japan? Personally, I didn't think it was delicious in my first experience, but I felt the fun of diversity, saying, "There are people in the world who love this taste." You can get it at imported food stores, so if you have a spirit of challenge, why not give it a try.