marmite

sueb20

sammyjammy said:

Big marmite fan here, Vegemite NO.  The only alternative I'll accept is Sainsbury low salt yeast extract, very good.

Is the low salt version any good? I'm about to be persuaded to take blood pressure tabs. 

molerat

No shortage here.  I usually get it in Lidl as normally cheapest Looks like Asda & Tesco are price matching Aldi so pretty much £2.49 for 250 g everywhere.

sammyjammy

sueb20 said:

sammyjammy said:

Big marmite fan here, Vegemite NO.  The only alternative I'll accept is Sainsbury low salt yeast extract, very good.

Is the low salt version any good? I'm about to be persuaded to take blood pressure tabs. 

Absolutely, you can't even tell the difference, its definitely worth a try.  Saying that unless you are eaten a lot of marmite I wouldn't worry, its the hidden salts in things like ready meals, bread etc that are the issue (assuming you don't salt your food).  Fellow high blood pressure sufferer!

General_Grant

sammyjammy said:

sueb20 said:

sammyjammy said:

Big marmite fan here, Vegemite NO.  The only alternative I'll accept is Sainsbury low salt yeast extract, very good.

Is the low salt version any good? I'm about to be persuaded to take blood pressure tabs. 

Absolutely, you can't even tell the difference, its definitely worth a try.  Saying that unless you are eaten a lot of marmite I wouldn't worry, its the hidden salts in things like ready meals, bread etc that are the issue (assuming you don't salt your food).  Fellow high blood pressure sufferer!

I wonder about this. I think things may have changed over recent times.

The daily recommended upper intake is 6g. 

I track my consumption of salt (and other food groups) and also eat a fair number of supermarket ready meals (because I live alone and this is an easy way to give me more variety).

Over the last 228 days my average salt consumption has been 4.19g and on only 15 days has it exceeded 6g.  On two of those 6g+ days I had regular Marmite, contributing 0.5g to the total.

where_are_we

Aldi "Mighty" yeast extract at £1.69 for 240g is the best value. We only use it in vegan savoury soups,stews,sauces and to make home made gravy.

Stompa

General_Grant said:

I wonder about this. I think things may have changed over recent times.

The daily recommended upper intake is 6g. 

I track my consumption of salt (and other food groups) and also eat a fair number of supermarket ready meals (because I live alone and this is an easy way to give me more variety).

Over the last 228 days my average salt consumption has been 4.19g and on only 15 days has it exceeded 6g.  On two of those 6g+ days I had regular Marmite, contributing 0.5g to the total.

I wonder about it too. My stats (over the last 931 days) are an average of 4.23g, and also 15 days where it exceeded 6g.

I did initially give up Marmite and switched to this:

https://www.hollandandbarrett.com/shop/product/meridian-natural-yeast-extract-60002617

which was the lowest salt content equivalent I could find at the time. It's OKish, but I've now reverted back to Marmite with no ill effects!

scrummy-mummy

I usually get mine in Sainsburys 500g for £4.75.

I did try the plastic tubs from costco (600g I think) but they were fiddly and got mucky very quickly.

qwert10

Thanks all found it.now in Sainsbury's

Murphybear

I don’t  eat a lot of Marmite but am very fond of Marmite crisps.   . Am I the only one?

mikb

I liked the Mini-Cheddars when they added Marmite flavouring to them, that was a good combination. Not sure if it's a regular thing or just an intermittent special, haven't looked in ages!