"If they want to take my Marmite...they'll have to wrench it from my cold dead hands" :)

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Saw this article and wondered if anyone can enlighten me as to the reasoning behind the Danish law? Being pg atm I am loving marmite on toast and am actually considering a B Vit supplement (as well as my Spatone) having discovered I am a fraction into the red at my last BP measurement for anaemia.
Considering we probably live in a slightly less healthy way than the average Dane (only been there once so happy to have this thrown back at me) and knowing that obv in pg Vit E in high doses for eg is "bad" and various other studies on excessive vitamin taking I've heard of in the last decade have been on my radar. However, are there really THAT many products to cause such a serious health concern as to create a Law? Are more things fortified than I realise?

I hear the Danes feed their pigs on Lego so they've some need to talk about bloody Marmite.
Insane....

Hmmm, bacon Lego. There's something to give pause for thought...

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

And yet Gammel Dansk - a Danish alcoholic drink somewhere between cough linctus & meths, prized as an early-morning tipple - is still legal. It's a bit like those 'EU bans British bangers' stories - a negotiation position. Expect any minute some Danish trade delegation will be rocking up at the EU demanding preferential tarrifs for their bacon ... in return for which they will allow Marmite back on the shelves.

Very good question. I would also like to have more info on why the Danes introduced the law about fortified foods. The Danes do take their health seriously, so they may be aware of things that we aren't. I have looked at our newspapers and found nothing to throw light on the underlying rationale. Typical.

The genuine 'health problem' with Marmite is the high salt content. Salt being something we definitely know to be unhealthy if there's too much in the diet. But, since Marmite tends to be eaten in tiny amounts because of the strong flavour, it's tough to consume dangerous levels even of salt.

Wonder how the 'fortification' rule affects breakfast cereals, most of which are fortified. And bread often is too. Hmm....

I am with the Danes on the banning of Marmite, filthy stuff

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Nah, not really. Don't like it but see no reason that weirdos others should not eat it.

I read that other fortified foods such as Horlicks has been banned too, so it is not the first banned foodstuff.

Some breakfast cereals were also affected in the past. Fortified foods need a licence, which is obtained after about 6 months of tests, it seems.

I gave up taking vitamin tablets many years ago, as I don't think they are natural and I don't think they can be assimilated by the body in the way that natural food can. It would be interesting to know more about the reasoning of the Danes.

look, i've been to Denmark; central Copenhagen has a full-on, all the trimmings, hotdog stall every ten paces. Presumably these are also being banned?

No, hotdogs are fine, its things with added vitamins which are banned - the piece mentions Rice Crispies and Shreddies too.

Presumably its only some vitamins in some quantities? For instance, ascorbic acid is added to many foods and drinks as an antioxidant, not as a 'vitamin' per se.

Funny that it should be the Danes seeing that they usually pride themselves on their laissez-faire, bon viveur, life-embracing attitudes (as opposed to those uptight Swedes). I suppose they can get away with it because actually very few Scandinavians like those yeasty flavours; an attempt to ban Gammel-Dansk and salty licorice would go down like a fortified lead balloon.

more marmite for me then.....