Marmite goes off.

[Rhythm Thief]

Just in case anyone wants to know ... I once took nearly 30 tons of out of date Marmite up to a landfill site near Durham. Because I love Marmite, I pinched three or four crates from the trailer on the way there, thinking "how can Marmite go off?" Well, it does. I had to put it all into the bin at Durham services.

 

[Keith Oates]

From the spate of 'going off' posts it seems there is very little that state sooner or later!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[summerdays]

In what way had it gone off.... it always seems to get thicker with age.... did it set solid? or was it in a taste way?

If I pinched 3 crates worth - that would last me more than a lifetime.

 

[Globalti]

Was it out of date or just a rejected batch? With something made from waste yeast I could imagine that it could go wrong.

 

[Wolf04]

Interesting. Did it have loads of bits of butter and toast crumbs in it?

How would anyone know if Marmite had went off it's disgusting to begin with.

 

[radger]

Marmite, go off?

Not in my house it doesn't; it doesn't get a chance

 

[Maz]

Just in case anyone wants to know ... I once took nearly 30 tons of out of date Marmite up to a landfill site near Durham. Because I love Marmite, I pinched three or four crates from the trailer on the way there, thinking "how can Marmite go off?" Well, it does. I had to put it all into the bin at Durham services.

That's a good tip for all of us!!!!

 

[ColinJ]

How would anyone know if Marmite had went off it's disgusting to begin with.

I think (s)he agrees with you !

 

[Rhythm Thief]

In what way had it gone off.... it always seems to get thicker with age.... did it set solid? or was it in a taste way?

If I pinched 3 crates worth - that would last me more than a lifetime.

It just smelt bad ... I never got as far as tasting it.
I enjoyed unloading it all, though. It was all on pallets on a curtain sided trailer, and when I got to the landfill site, I was told "we haven't got a forklift, we can't unload that." So what I did was open the curtains on both sides of the trailer and let them push it all off the side with the big digger. By the time we'd finished, one side of the trailer was axle deep in marmite and they had to tow me out.

 

[Over The Hill]

How can you tell if Marmite goes off?

It tastes like the scraping off the bottom of a burnt pot in the first place so how do you know?

 

[Mr Phoebus]

By the time we'd finished, one side of the trailer was axle deep in marmite and they had to tow me out.

I wonder how many gulls perished through being stuck fast in that lot?