There’s a new one for you (probably). That’s right – Marmite shares a rich, mutually beneficial history with British beer. Where shall we start? Ah yes… With yeast. Where else.
The beer brewing process causes fermentation; brewer’s yeast multiplies and creates a large surplus. For a long time, brewers were stumped just what to do with it all, other than throw it out.
Enter a very clever bloke by the name of Justus Liebig who discovered that putting brewer’s yeast through some self-digestion here, and a bit of concentration and evaporation there, leaves you with a delicious (or disgusting) by-product of the brewing industry. And so began the making of Marmite in the 1900’s; our production methods have changed very little ever since.
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