They wrote this whole article and never got around to telling us exactly what Canadian requirements it doesn’t meet. This is why people only read the headlines.
The Vegemite product being sold was found to have added vitamins which are not permitted in this product as per the Food and Drug Regulations and is therefore not permitted to be sold in Canada.
Something about specific B vitamins? Donno, it is a trash article to not be specific.
What I read in the article is that they banned it because it had added vitamin B. They’re explaining, however, that Marmite wasn’t banned even though it also contains added vitamin B.
I had imagined that it had to be a specific B vitamin that Health Canada was worried about for an actual reason, but no. Apparently you’re just not allowed to add vitamins or minerals to foods in Canada unless they’re on a very specific list of exceptions for particular foodstuffs. For instance if you sell dehydrated potatoes the only thing you’re allowed to add is vitamin C.
So the question becomes WTF does Canada have against adding vitamins to things in general? How did that regulation come to be? Do other countries do it that way as well? Does Australia specify exactly which vitamins are allowed to be in vegemite when it’s sold there? Is there a reason why the Canadians wouldn’t simply add vegemite to the list when it’s pointed out that they haven’t got a category there that covers it? Eh well, whatever.
Totally agree. Plus, with the ongoing reduflation on food products, combined with the food inflation caused by Canadian corporate greed, people are becoming increasingly underfed and missing important nutrients in their diet. I would argue, if anything, we need to add vitamins to our food. Unless, of course, we fix this god damn food industry greed problem that we have.
Marmite’s always in the baking section around here, with other yeasts and stuff, so I’m not entirely sure what they’re selling it as to get it on the shelves at all.
They wrote this whole article and never got around to telling us exactly what Canadian requirements it doesn’t meet. This is why people only read the headlines.
Something about specific B vitamins? Donno, it is a trash article to not be specific.
What I read in the article is that they banned it because it had added vitamin B. They’re explaining, however, that Marmite wasn’t banned even though it also contains added vitamin B.
Lots of things have B vitamins in them, so it seem unclear why that’s a problem.
Added B vitamins though. But like you said, in the article they mention that Marmite also has B vitamins and it isn’t banned. So… Why Vegemite?
I had imagined that it had to be a specific B vitamin that Health Canada was worried about for an actual reason, but no. Apparently you’re just not allowed to add vitamins or minerals to foods in Canada unless they’re on a very specific list of exceptions for particular foodstuffs. For instance if you sell dehydrated potatoes the only thing you’re allowed to add is vitamin C.
So the question becomes WTF does Canada have against adding vitamins to things in general? How did that regulation come to be? Do other countries do it that way as well? Does Australia specify exactly which vitamins are allowed to be in vegemite when it’s sold there? Is there a reason why the Canadians wouldn’t simply add vegemite to the list when it’s pointed out that they haven’t got a category there that covers it? Eh well, whatever.
Totally agree. Plus, with the ongoing reduflation on food products, combined with the food inflation caused by Canadian corporate greed, people are becoming increasingly underfed and missing important nutrients in their diet. I would argue, if anything, we need to add vitamins to our food. Unless, of course, we fix this god damn food industry greed problem that we have.
Marmite’s always in the baking section around here, with other yeasts and stuff, so I’m not entirely sure what they’re selling it as to get it on the shelves at all.