Marmite

[El Pibe]

Can marmite go off?

My jar suggest best before '09, but no sign of mould, it smells the same, surely it's fine......non?

[KidKruger]

Taste it and see, please post within 2 days to tell us how it was.

[LadyDeliah]

Salt has been used to preserve food for centuries and I doubt anything horrible would manage to grow in something as salty as Marmite.

[aquarius moon]

It's 4 years old!

Don't think it's a good idea to use it,

especially if the jar has been opened.

[PaulK]

We will soon know when he stops posting

[intexasatthe moment]

Probably vintage - it will have matured and undoubtably the reciepe will have been watered down since 09 .

Sell it on ebay !

[El Pibe]

It is basically salt and mould byproduct, and it tasted fine.

If I suddenly stop posting, call the coastguard!!!!

[maxxi]

Marmite has a 'best before' date but not a 'use by' date - I think it's fine for a few years yet.

[Michael Palaeologus]

It'll be fine, matures with age.

Mine has a "Best by" date of July last year.

At least there is no horse in it. Hopefully.

[ianr]

You're far from the first to be asking this question. Most discussions go to at least three pages. "Try it on the neighbour's cat" has also been suggested, though most responses are similar to those above, with only about 12% in one poll saying they wouldn't risk it, and someone eating theirs in 2010 after five years. http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?p=31451263 Not many deaths noted.

The oldest eaten I've seen was in a message board post of 2007:

"I've just scraped the last of the Marmite from the jar. Best before date 03/99. I'll miss the old jar, it had become somewhat of a family heirloom. Tasted just as good as when I opened it all those years ago." http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbarchers/html/NF2693943?thread=4739877

[Huguenot]

I understand that marmite will outlive a human.

These guys reckon it's actually antiseptic: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/dec/23/advertising

However, if you've been using a dirty knife in it, with butter or other organics on it, that might spoil the batch.

[Milan05]

has anyone seen the Marmite with the gold flecks in it selling locally? Looking for another jar or two.

[aquarius moon]

I thought once anything was opened & exposed to air, BB dates were irrelevant & had to be used within a certain time.

Maybe different if the jar is sealed.

[KalamityKel]

It's certainly been a quiet wkend in ED eh?!

[Loz]

aquarius moon Wrote:

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> I thought once anything was opened & exposed to

> air, BB dates were irrelevant & had to be used within a certain time.

Apparently, 14 days after exposing Marmite to air, the air goes off.

[the-e-dealer]

Preservative will not go off.

[aquarius moon]

Exactly!

The air goes off & turns the Marmite rancid.

Can't believe Loz is actually agreeing with me for once!

[StraferJack]

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[maxxi]

Milan05 Wrote:

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> has anyone seen the Marmite with the gold flecks

> in it selling locally? Looking for another jar or

> two.

mine has flecks of golden toast in it - a.k.a. Fool's Marmite

[Loz]

aquarius moon Wrote:

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> Exactly!

> The air goes off & turns the Marmite rancid.

>

> Can't believe Loz is actually agreeing with me for once!

... though I am a happy little Vegemite, so I doubt this new-found consensus has a long shelf life either.

[Annette Curtain]

Vegimite already tastes "off" no ?

[Loz]

No, no, Annette. It's lovely stuff. Fresh, sliced, crusty white bread, butter and Vegemite. Ooooh, makes me hungry just thinking about it

They sell it at Sainburys, too.

[ianr]

> ... though I am a happy little Vegemite, so I doubt this new-found consensus has a long shelf life either.

Ah, Loz, posting as a Vegemite.

[Loz]

ianr Wrote:

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> > ... though I am a happy little Vegemite, so I

> doubt this new-found consensus has a long shelf life either.

>

> Ah, Loz, posting as a Vegemite.

Probably a cultural reference you would only get if you are an Aussie of at least a certain age.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Cb4143p9E

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