Comments on: Denmark bans Marmite http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 09:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: fidel_funk http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html#comment-1120259 fidel_funk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1120259 Ehhhh.... and you can get Marmite, if you really want to, in many of the small foreign-run green groseries/Halal butchers here in Denmark.... Ehhhh…. and you can get Marmite, if you really want to, in many of the small foreign-run green groseries/Halal butchers here in Denmark….

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html#comment-1120263 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1120263 Given that the Danish Crown Prince's wife is Australian, I am sure a Vegemite ban would disrupt things considerably. Given that the Danish Crown Prince’s wife is Australian, I am sure a Vegemite ban would disrupt things considerably.

]]> By: Holger D http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html#comment-1120275 Holger D Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1120275 Sorry lads, It seems like there's been a misunderstanding between Danish authorities and English media (no names mentioned due to super-injunction...) This British tribute to World Cuisine - as well as 'Bovril' - can still be found in various shops (and, no doubt, hidden and forgotten on back-shelves in many a pantry...;) Sorry lads,
It seems like there’s been a misunderstanding between Danish authorities and English media (no names mentioned due to super-injunction…)
This British tribute to World Cuisine – as well as ‘Bovril’ – can still be found in various shops (and, no doubt, hidden and forgotten on back-shelves in many a pantry…;)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html#comment-1120296 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1120296 Denmark's major agricultural products are cheese and ham so there is your target. Denmark’s major agricultural products are cheese and ham so there is your target.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html#comment-1120297 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1120297 How is this petty? It is a matter of economics. This happens frequently. How is this petty? It is a matter of economics. This happens frequently.

]]> By: Aloisius http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html#comment-1120553 Aloisius Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1120553 <blockquote>What is "proper" bacon like? And where are you dining, by the way?</blockquote> American bacon is typically pork belly which is mostly fat and is typically smoked. In the UK as I understand it, bacon is back bacon taken from the loin like Canadian bacon. It is more like ham than bacon. There is also middle bacon, taken from the side which is what Australians and Kiwis eat.

What is “proper” bacon like? And where are you dining, by the way?

American bacon is typically pork belly which is mostly fat and is typically smoked. In the UK as I understand it, bacon is back bacon taken from the loin like Canadian bacon. It is more like ham than bacon.

There is also middle bacon, taken from the side which is what Australians and Kiwis eat.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html#comment-1121326 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1121326 Go Denmark! Keep this evil out of our streets, making the world a safer place for our children. :) Go Denmark! Keep this evil out of our streets, making the world a safer place for our children. :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html#comment-1120816 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1120816 And here I thought Marmite was made out of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmot">marmots</a>. Learn something new every day. And here I thought Marmite was made out of marmots. Learn something new every day.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html#comment-1120580 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1120580 I am from Denmark and I have never heard of Marmite or seen it in any supermarket. Ever. I am from Denmark and I have never heard of Marmite or seen it in any supermarket. Ever.

]]> By: sam1148 http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html#comment-1120836 sam1148 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1120836 <blockquote>Denmark has a restriction on all non-approved food products fortified with vitamins</blockquote> Technically speaking, Marmite could be considered a cultural artifact.

Denmark has a restriction on all non-approved food products fortified with vitamins

Technically speaking, Marmite could be considered a cultural artifact.

]]> By: Me http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html#comment-1121354 Me Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1121354 As for the counter-boycott, you can ask us crazy Arabs. A few years ago we were subjected to a forced boycott as most supermarkets in the Arab world took it to heart to not sell anything Danish after the whole Muslim cartoon fiasco: http://www.fahad.com/pics/boycott_denmark_lrg.jpg It might be different in the US, but we have shitloads of Danish products in this part of the world. I especially missed my butter. Thankfully, people forget, but you can still see signs of faded "Boycott Denmark" stickers on walls and supermarkets. Here's a list to help you guys out: http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/danish-brands-to-boycott/ Lego! Puck! Stimorol! Suntop! Arla! Lurpack! As for the counter-boycott, you can ask us crazy Arabs.

A few years ago we were subjected to a forced boycott as most supermarkets in the Arab world took it to heart to not sell anything Danish after the whole Muslim cartoon fiasco:

http://www.fahad.com/pics/boycott_denmark_lrg.jpg

It might be different in the US, but we have shitloads of Danish products in this part of the world. I especially missed my butter.

Thankfully, people forget, but you can still see signs of faded “Boycott Denmark” stickers on walls and supermarkets.

Here’s a list to help you guys out:
http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/danish-brands-to-boycott/

Lego! Puck! Stimorol! Suntop! Arla! Lurpack!

]]> By: Snig http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html#comment-1120334 Snig Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1120334 To anon @2: We know a little more about supplemention than we did 70 years ago. Vitamin D has nothing to do with Vitamin B. The tragedy of a drowning death should not deter you from having a drink of water. Supplementation has done more good than harm. To anon @2:

We know a little more about supplemention than we did 70 years ago. Vitamin D has nothing to do with Vitamin B. The tragedy of a drowning death should not deter you from having a drink of water. Supplementation has done more good than harm.

]]> By: Gulliver http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html#comment-1121106 Gulliver Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1121106 <blockquote> Technically speaking, Marmite could be considered a cultural artifact. </blockquote> Or a biological weapon.

Technically speaking, Marmite could be considered a cultural artifact.

Or a biological weapon.

]]> By: emmdeeaych http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html#comment-1120854 emmdeeaych Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1120854 They could ban Danish, which by the looks of their teeth would be a step in the right direction. (I make this joke on the basis of my british cousin, who at 23 bragged about her first set of dentures) They could ban Danish, which by the looks of their teeth would be a step in the right direction.

(I make this joke on the basis of my british cousin, who at 23 bragged about her first set of dentures)

]]> By: Martin _22 http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html#comment-1120603 Martin _22 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1120603 Not a big Marmite fan but a house without Branston pickle and HP sauce is a sad one. Not a big Marmite fan but a house without Branston pickle and HP sauce is a sad one.

]]> By: george57l http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html#comment-1121649 george57l Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1121649 Is there a difference between Marmite and Vegemite? Heck, yes. The only time I had Vegemite (and I love Marmite) I was not impressed - it was a bit gritty, and did not smell nice. It is certainly not as dark and smooth. Maybe the different beers brewed in UK and Aus account for it? I also hear that Vegemite has more additives. Is there a difference between Marmite and Vegemite?

Heck, yes.
The only time I had Vegemite (and I love Marmite) I was not impressed – it was a bit gritty, and did not smell nice.
It is certainly not as dark and smooth.
Maybe the different beers brewed in UK and Aus account for it?
I also hear that Vegemite has more additives.

]]> By: Ito Kagehisa http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html#comment-1120373 Ito Kagehisa Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1120373 <blockquote>what Danish produce can Britain boycott in retaliation?</blockquote> Seems like a good excuse to ban gravlox, liver pate, and smelly fish in aspic. You could "accidentally" ban lutefisk (which is not Danish) at the same time!

what Danish produce can Britain boycott in retaliation?

Seems like a good excuse to ban gravlox, liver pate, and smelly fish in aspic. You could “accidentally” ban lutefisk (which is not Danish) at the same time!

]]> By: daen http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html#comment-1120890 daen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1120890 Yes, just the marketing is banned. Interesting, though, that Abigail's (a shop selling 'colonial foods' - Marmite and the like - in Copenhagen) actually got a phone call from the Ministry of Food and Ag. It's possible that the call was misinterpreted. Nevertheless, Abigail's doesn't (or didn't anyway) do much advertising - seems to be mainly word-of-mouth among ex-pats, so there's something awry. Regarding the vitamin fortification, the only added vitamin is B12, which is roughly as poisonous as water, but deficiency of which will kill you. Go figure. Yes, just the marketing is banned. Interesting, though, that Abigail’s (a shop selling ‘colonial foods’ – Marmite and the like – in Copenhagen) actually got a phone call from the Ministry of Food and Ag. It’s possible that the call was misinterpreted. Nevertheless, Abigail’s doesn’t (or didn’t anyway) do much advertising – seems to be mainly word-of-mouth among ex-pats, so there’s something awry.

Regarding the vitamin fortification, the only added vitamin is B12, which is roughly as poisonous as water, but deficiency of which will kill you. Go figure.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html#comment-1121660 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1121660 For more takes on this outrageous Marmite ban, check out The Periscope Post: http://www.periscopepost.com/2011/05/the-truth-behind-the-danish-marmite-ban/ For more takes on this outrageous Marmite ban, check out The Periscope Post: http://www.periscopepost.com/2011/05/the-truth-behind-the-danish-marmite-ban/

]]> By: Bade http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html#comment-1120125 Bade Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1120125 D or B, they still don't have enough letters for alphabet soup. D or B, they still don’t have enough letters for alphabet soup.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html#comment-1120126 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1120126 For those playing at home: Vitamin D fortified food during WWII caused vitamin D poisoning after the war. Fortified food can be dangerous. For those playing at home: Vitamin D fortified food during WWII caused vitamin D poisoning after the war. Fortified food can be dangerous.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html#comment-1120127 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1120127 Why would anyone have to be so petty as to retaliate? Why would anyone have to be so petty as to retaliate?

]]> By: pAULbOWEN http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html#comment-1120895 pAULbOWEN Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1120895 Anon #24: <blockquote>Denmark produces a serius amount of quite delicius bacon (compared to the size of the country any way), but still we the danish people are left with the scraps that are left after all the good quality bacon has been exported to the UK.</blockquote> Are you serious? Danish bacon, I'm sorry, is ghastly. Get yourself over here, buy some dry cure from any supermarket chain's "Better Than The Normal Shit" range (making sure it's from British, outdoor reared pigs) and grill or fry as you like it. It's a different world. I wouldn't buy Danish anyway on animal welfare grounds, even if it were delicious but it just isn't. Anon #24:

Denmark produces a serius amount of quite delicius bacon (compared to the size of the country any way), but still we the danish people are left with the scraps that are left after all the good quality bacon has been exported to the UK.

Are you serious? Danish bacon, I’m sorry, is ghastly. Get yourself over here, buy some dry cure from any supermarket chain’s “Better Than The Normal Shit” range (making sure it’s from British, outdoor reared pigs) and grill or fry as you like it. It’s a different world. I wouldn’t buy Danish anyway on animal welfare grounds, even if it were delicious but it just isn’t.

]]> By: AlexG55 http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html#comment-1120136 AlexG55 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1120136 Carlsberg- "probably lager" (the cans say "probably the best lager in the world", but if you turn it right it says "probably lager", which is more accurate) Carlsberg- “probably lager”

(the cans say “probably the best lager in the world”, but if you turn it right it says “probably lager”, which is more accurate)

]]> By: General Specific http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html#comment-1120137 General Specific Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1120137 This means there's more for me. This means there’s more for me.

]]> By: fidel_funk http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html#comment-1120138 fidel_funk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1120138 Well, perhaps you're being too hasty publishing this, seems like nobody in Denmark has heard anything about this.... Well, perhaps you’re being too hasty publishing this, seems like nobody in Denmark has heard anything about this….

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html#comment-1120140 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1120140 A few years back, I tried to send a friend some Kraft Peanut Butter, it was stopped at customs and deemed an illegal import. Peanut Butter! Now I get that it's not as healthy as simple ground nuts but it beat Marmite's butt any day of the week. A few years back, I tried to send a friend some Kraft Peanut Butter, it was stopped at customs and deemed an illegal import. Peanut Butter! Now I get that it’s not as healthy as simple ground nuts but it beat Marmite’s butt any day of the week.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html#comment-1120141 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1120141 Britain could ban Danish Bacon! Britain could ban Danish Bacon!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html#comment-1120142 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1120142 But what of Vegemite? But what of Vegemite?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/25/denmark-bans-marmite.html#comment-1120144 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1120144 Please ban danish bacon - so we can have the good cuts back :) Please ban danish bacon – so we can have the good cuts back :)

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