Ports in USA are expecting massive exodus of Australians as Vegemite is banned for containing Folate. In the USA, folate can only be added to breads and cereals....
Nothing better in the world when you wake up in a fragile state than a couple of slices of thick toast, lathered in butter and evenly but thinly spread Vegemite. The Vitamin B just gets you back in gear like nothing else, not coffee, not a greasy fry up, nothing cures the morning after the night before like the old Vegemite.
A sad day as "Black Gold" vanishes from the "Land of Free"...
Nothing better in the world when you wake up in a fragile state than a couple of slices of thick toast, lathered in butter and evenly but thinly spread Vegemite. The Vitamin B just gets you back in gear like nothing else, not coffee, not a greasy fry up, nothing cures the morning after the night before like the old Vegemite.
There's no accounting for taste
October 21, 2006 12:00am
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THE US has banned Vegemite, even to the point of searching Australians for jars of the spread when they enter the country.
The bizarre crackdown was prompted because Vegemite has been deemed illegal under US food laws.
The great Aussie icon - faithfully carried around the world by travellers from downunder - contains folate, which under a technicality, America allows to be added only to breads and cereals.
Australian expatriates in the US said enforcement of the ban had been gradually stepped up and was now ruining lifelong traditions of Vegemite on toast for breakfast.
Kraft spokeswoman Joanna Scott said: "The (US) Food and Drug Administration doesn't allow the import of Vegemite simply because the recipe does have the addition of folic acid.''
The US was "a minor market'' for Vegemite, she said.
A sad day as "Black Gold" vanishes from the "Land of Free"...