Concern as Marmite is purged from 2024 Royal Warrant List
23rd December
Concerns have been raised by the Marmite Defence League after Marmite was purged from the new 2024 list of Royal Warrants.
All existing Royal Warrants lapsed with the death of Queen Elizabeth 11 including that for Marmite. Existing Warrant holders and others were invited to apply for a Royal Warrant of King Charles and Queen Camilla.
The new Royal Warrant list has now emerged and Marmite is excluded
The Marmite Defence League holds no brief for the multinational Company that owns Marmite and understands that a key reason why Marmite has not been given a Royal Warrant is because of concerns about the sustainability agenda of Unilever
Nevertheless Marmite is an iconic brand and one which is both truly organic and healthy, something it might be thought would be appreciated by King Charles.
Where we stand on Marmite
Marmite is a natural product deriving from brewer’s yeast. It is historically a by-product of brewing
It was ‘invented’ by a German scientist Justus von Liebig
Originally Marmite was derived from the Bass brewery in Burton on Trent.
Marmite is salty but also has some health enhancing elements to it including vitamins.
Its recent marketing focuses on a ‘love it or hate it’ element to Marmite, and it is a ‘which side are you on’ food.
Organiser Keith Flett said, while Marmite or a similar product is manufactured and eaten elsewhere in the world it is a quintessentially British item associated with the country’s brewing heritage. It is concerning that its Royal Warrant has been purged.
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