Thread: Marmite made illegal in Denmark

I suppose the British never thought about the Aussie version of Marmite. Vegemite. ts ok. does the job

Obviously "For God, Country and Marmite" doesn't translate into Danish.

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Originally Posted by WujouMao

I suppose the British never thought about the Aussie version of Marmite. Vegemite. ts ok. does the job

Aussie version of Marmite, yeah right. What's it made from again?

I spit on your pathetic gay veggie shite.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Aussie version of Marmite, yeah right. What's it made from again? I spit on your pathetic gay veggie shite.

Aussie vegeshite tastes a bit like marmite, but with all the taste taken out.

Originally Posted by Gerbil

At least if people have to resort to smuggling it in by stuffing it up their arses, then the taste and texture wont be damaged.

you got it right VEGEMITE RULES

Originally Posted by Fondles

Originally Posted by Bangyai

The shop has now started a "Bring back Marmite" campaign to overturn a ban that is seen as discriminating against Britons living and working Denmark.

Booo Fucking Hoooo toffee nosed prats, don't like the rules and regulations of the place you chose to move to move the fuck back home then. .

and thailand rules hey with its laws

Originally Posted by larvidchr

Originally Posted by Mid

Originally Posted by Alvin

When your government is banning Ovaltine and Rice Crispies it suggests they have run out of legitimate things to do with your time, and they need to go find a productive job.

Fair call .

and welcome to TD

Not really, just uninformed, but welcome anyway

Denmark bans Rice Krispies-Corn Flakes-Special K


Danish health authorities ban some Kellogg products, saying they could harm children

CHRISTIAN WIENBERG

Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Danish health officials said Wednesday they have banned several
vitamin-enriched products of U.S. breakfast cereal maker Kellogg, saying they could be harmful if
eaten regularly.
The 18 products, which include enriched versions of popular brands already on the Danish market like
Corn Flakes, Rice Krispies and Special K, were to be launched in Denmark soon.
"We've turned down applications for a number of enriched products which will have toxic effects in
the doses Kellogg uses," said Paolo Drotsby of the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration.
Drotsby said that if eaten regularly, the products could damage children's livers and kidneys, as
well as the fetuses of pregnant women.
Kellogg said it was puzzled by the rejection, as many of the products are being sold already in
several other European countries.
"We're extremely concerned and mystified, as we never have had such problems with health authorities
before in Kellogg's history," said John Buckles, managing director for Kellogg in the Nordic region.
The 18 products include 12 types of cereal brands and six types of snack or breakfast bars. Buckles
said the European enrichment recipes were slightly different from the ones used in the United
States, although Kellogg's products are fortified there as well and have been since the 1930s.
"Our next step is to work with Danish authorities and see if we can come up with a solution. The
important thing here is for us to work in concert," Buckles said.
Chris Wermann, a spokesman for Kellogg Europe, added: "We will have further discussions with Danish
authorities about the importance of vitamins in cereals."
Meanwhile, Drotsby said Kellogg could apply again if the company removes or reduces the doses of the
vitamins and minerals in question.
The rejection was delivered to Kellogg last month after a government laboratory conducted a
scientific examination of the ingredient lists provided by the company, Drotsby said.

Lars, I usually fine myself in agreement with your views on things but on this one, I think you are really out there.
It is the duty of government to advise us about things to be avoided, not take away our choices and ban things. Marmite, as an example may have added some vitamins, but FFS how much of the stuff would you have to eat to pose the slightest threat to your health. I realize that it is counter productive to take on too many vitamins, but that would likely come from swallowing too many pills, not from a smear of Marmite on your toast. This is just more hysterical over-reaction to imaginary threats that seem to have become the norm in some EU countries. Corn flakes, Rice crispies...yea really dangerous stuff.

Does Denmark ban smoking, booze...do they ban riding a bicycle because you might fall off and hurt yourself, or do they ban sharp knives because you might cut yourself. We could make a case that bicycles and knives are just too fucking dangerous for us stupid people to handle. Where do you stop with this nonsense? Are these over protective zealots every going to stop trying to protect us from everything?

Personally I don't eat any of these cereals and I have not had Marmite for years, so it would not be a big loss to me. Where the loss comes for me, is from having some asshole in a suit telling me that I can't have them.
I'm quite sure there must be some fat left wing lesbian behind this...no red blooded man with a trace of testerone left would ever ban Marmite...

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Originally Posted by WujouMao

I suppose the British never thought about the Aussie version of Marmite. Vegemite. ts ok. does the job

Aussie version of Marmite, yeah right. What's it made from again?

I spit on your pathetic gay veggie shite.

I suppose from that racial slur you thought i was an Aussie. But you're wrong. I'm British and if Marmite is banned, then import the lesser favourite. It will do its job, But only just. [And hopefully the Danish customs won't know what it is, although i seem to remember its in the same shape jar]

Like Heinz Baked beans or Sainsbury's own. I know what i would have.

Originally Posted by WujouMao

I'm British and if Marmite is banned, then import the lesser favourite. It will do its job, But only just.

You're kidding right? They've even fucked up Marmite in Aus. Tastes awful compared to the real stuff, just like most of their foodstuffs.

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Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

They've even fucked up Marmite in Aus.

When I first came to Oz, I preferred marmite to vegemite. Now I prefer vegemite- so it's what you get used to. Both delicious anyway.
I've never been without it since I've lived here- and never yet bought it locally either. Hand delivered from the lucky country.

Originally Posted by larvidchr

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

It's not meant as an insult to the Brits you can eat all the crap you want back home, we just don't want all the artificial enhanced low quality crap for human consumption at our place, fair enough really.

A really lame argument, Larvidchr. I'm afraid I'd rather make the choice what I do and do not want to buy, rather than have some scandihooligan bureaucratic reindeer-fucker try and tell me.

And Carlsberg is dog piss, end of. But it doesn't bother me that there are people out there that fall for their "probably the best lager in the world" bullshit.

Not lame at all arry, not all people evidently are sane enough to be left to chose everything on their own, especially some inbred Islanders who through isolation have developed strange habits like, left side driving, fear of water and soap, weird measurements and lukewarm stale liquids being passed of as a type of beer etc .

As far as scandihooligan bureaucratic reindeer fuckers are concerned, just stay the fuck away, problem solved

It's only our geographical isolation from you mainland European degenerates that spared us from your tendency towards Communism, Nazism, tasty food, and faggy Techno muzic.

Denmark is a nanny state now then?

Originally Posted by Bangyai

I think it is either Maggi's or Poo Khao Tong ( Golden Mountain ) that was banned in Britain for having MSG levels hundreds of times over the recommended safe level.

I think it was Golden Mountain banned for having too much 3-MCPD

Denmark has become the first country in the world to impose a fat tax, sending shoppers stampeding to the supermarkets to stock up.
The new tax is intended to reduce people's intake of fatty foods.
It adds the equivalent of around $4 per kilo of saturated fats in a product.
The tax is being levied on every product which has fat in it - from butter and milk to pizzas, oils, meats and pre-cooked foods.

It's possible to pull up stats that would support or contradict the saturated fat is bad theory. I wonder if some grain/cereal group has been lobbying the government over there?


Sucks to live in Denmark.

Originally Posted by Plan B

It's possible to pull up stats that would support or contradict the saturated fat is bad theory. I wonder if some grain/cereal group has been lobbying the government over there?

That's what I was thinking. It's common knowledge that the FDA is yet another US organisation in the pockets of big business and their Food Pyramid is propaganda.

Perhaps a better measure would have been to warn the public about any unhealthy content and allow them to decide for themselves what to eat and drink.

The principle complaint made by the Danish bureaucrats seems to be that there is no reason to add vitamins to Marmite other than marketing. Marmite is spread so thinly and used in cooking so sparingly that I can't see what harm it might do. Whack down a whole jar in one go and you might have gut ache for a while. But we don't need laws and regulations about it.

Those Continental Europeans are a real anal bunch. Always making rules and regulations to stop people from doing what they enjoy. No wonder they don't have a sense of humour and can't make decent beer.

Originally Posted by larvidchr

^^
Fuck off arry, one of the best lager beer brands in the world, and about time marmite got banned

No on a more serious note, we do not condone vitamins mixed in food used as a sales argument promoting it as healthy, to many vitamins can be just as dangerous as not getting any, if they start spicing up a lot of foodstuffs with artificial high vitamin doses that don't occur in the food naturally, then it becomes next to impossible for parents to control what their kids get. I think it started with Danone yoghurt's and such.

Of-cause you will always have scrupulous business people willing to sell anything to make a buck, poisonous toys from China etc. and moan when they get busted.

When the Brits get enlightened/educated enough to want to loose weight and demand high quality foods, they can tell the marmite producers not to add dangerous and unnecessary vitamins, if that indeed is the case?, then I'm sure they can sell it again in Denmark, until then the die hards will just have to get someone back home to send them some or bring some in the suitcase next time home.

It's not meant as an insult to the Brits you can eat all the crap you want back home, we just don't want all the artificial enhanced low quality crap for human consumption at our place, fair enough really.

Ban foods that contain vitamins and allow foods that don't inform buyers of GMOs and other shit. This sounds like Codex to me.

Ban Marmite

I have a basic rule regarding foodstuffs that appears to escape some in these forums; If it STINKS don't eat it.

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Production of the yeast extract spread, which has been produced for decades in Christchurch, has been suspended because one of the factory towers was damaged by last year’s earthquake and the plant has had to close for repairs.

The stuff made there is nothing like Marmite. They've tried to make it as shitty as Vegemite. Hopefully, the factory will get swallowed up, never to return.