Vegemite banned in US

[pro_gmh]

Hey watched the news tonight, heard Vegemite is banned in the US because it contains Folate? whats folate do?

[calais_304]

Hey watched the news tonight, heard Vegemite is banned in the US because it contains Folate? whats folate do?

stuffs me, but i say good, hopefully an aussie buyer can get it back.

[Boonz]

Hey watched the news tonight, heard Vegemite is banned in the US because it contains Folate? whats folate do?

makes them even fatter they said its only allowed to be added to cereals and bread or something.....

[pro_gmh]

ha and there not even allowed to import it - contraban. folate is still required in your diet isnt it

[bangers]

folate is needed in the division of cells (pregnancy) as it prevents aneamia. it also helps in the production of red cells which helps prevent cancer. stuffed if i know why they'd ban it.

[crazyspoon05]

This is a little strange, especially with all of the lovely artificial flavours and colours made from chemicals a lot of American processed foods have in them

[s0sage]

i distinctly recall seeing folate ADVERTISED on packets as a selling point.

and its banned??

maybe the the fat ass yanks can get it for 'medicinal' purposes

[vt1538]

We should get them back & ban rap music.

[Boonz]

i dont know why they didnt ban having foods deep fried in coke, i almost fell over laughing when i heard it on the radio ,apparantly its the latest food craze over there...

[padrickz88]

i dont know why they didnt ban having foods deep fried in coke, i almost fell over laughing when i heard it on the radio ,apparantly its the latest food craze over there...

HAHAHAHAHA OMFG! i saw that to. me and my mate were watching it and as soon as that came on we looked ta each other and were like like "FAT ASS YANKS!" we laughed our asses off.... expect them to make something thats bad for you..... hmmm batter and coke mixed and then deap fried with cream on top and a cherry, i think ill stay to NORMAL food:S hahahaha but they ban vegimite:P.... man i love that stuff on toast

[Shifty1]

They ban anything remotely healthy. Simple.

Fried fast foods just keep getting bigger there as does their population.

[Boonz]

They ban anything remotely healthy. Simple.

Fried fast foods just keep getting bigger there as does their population.

as does their waistline............

[5 speed VR]

they banned vegemite coz it was too healthy for them

wonder how long it'll be till they deep fry vegemite on toast in coke?

ROFLMFAO

[minux]

OMG, listen to you people, saying how fat americans are, taken a look in your own backyard lately? So many fatass lazy aussies around it isnt funny.

Anyways, the whole vegemite thing...meh who cares, just as long as we can ban all shit american..kfc, mcdonalds, pizza hut, western chinese, hungry jacks coke....maybe then the average aussie male wouldnt look pregnant

[Reaper]

stuffs me, but i say good, hopefully an aussie buyer can get it back.

Kraft has always been an American company.

Reaper

[calais_304]

Kraft has always been an American company.

Reaper

i always thought it was australian (vegemite) and was bought out by an american company, about the same time the ads stopped showing, you know it puts the bronze in every cheeek love it

[Hairy Eater]

i heard that Adelaide Steamship Company owns a lot of so called Australian Companies .... i'm sure its USA owned too

[HVXII]

yeah a yank bought it off of an aussie cause the yanks cant think of anything decent to make them selves but what minus is saying is true F*ck america taking over here god dam it

[Don Sutton]

I thought they said Folic Acid and not folate (maybe they are one and the same I don't know). Folate is added to cereals nowadays and is esential for pregnant women as it is helpful to the foetus. I am not a medical person so I cant give any better explanation of what each thing does or doesn't do.

[pro_gmh]

i think folic acid is folate

[Dan355]

Yea it's the same thing. Given to pregnant women as deficiencies of Folic Acid is a major cause of Megaloblastic Anaemia and Neaural Tube defects such as Spina Bifida. Anaemia is basically the lack of red blood cells in the blood. Red blood cells transport the oxygen. White blood cells are basically our immune system. I think the yanks want to protect themselves from over dosing on Folate lol. I wonder what the effects are......? It has to be worse then clogging up your arteries with burger king and deep fried mars bars. lmao. Vegemite has 50% of your RDI of folate then it naturally occurs in meats and vegies. God knows? Never could understand those trigger happy............

[Cheap6]

Yep, excess consumption is the issue or more accurately the rules governing addition written to avoid the effects of excess consumption. Folate is water soluable so any excess is pissed away but may mask deficiency in other B group vitamins. B12, for one, is necessary for folate to be used as they are part of different steps in the same biological pathways.

Folate is added to bread (among other things) in the US. It has been suggested that the same occur in Aust and NZ. They, Aust. and NZ, both operate under the same rules for food - Food Standards Australia and NZ = FSANZ. One of the problems with any nutrient fortification is that consumption levels vary between consumers. One person may eat one slice of bread per week, another, half a loaf per day. Who do you set the fortification level for?

Folate is a 'co-enzyme' biologically involved in amino acid, and hence protein, metabolism/catabolism. The effects of deficiency have already been covered.

[ProphetVX]

OMG, listen to you people, saying how fat americans are, taken a look in your own backyard lately? So many fatass lazy aussies around it isnt funny.

Exactly, Australia is also one of the fattest nations in the world, I think we rank in the top 5, and America is 1st or 2nd.

Overly 33% of Australians are overweight, with a further 20% being obese.

That said though, having been to America many times, the food they sell there is far less healthy than what is on australian shelves, fresh produce is a rare thing in their supermarkets.

[88GreenVN]

Just as well the yanks ban vegimite.
If they really liked it they would come and take it all with a few big bombs.

And yes we should ban the yank fast food chains as well - fix the fat problem very quickly.

[calais_304]

is it just me or are kids forgetting that an outside world does exist?

do kids still play road cricket (you know get all the kids on the street and a few wheelie bins) i havn't seen this played since i last did it in gr8, what about running around the streets with a bucket and sponge washing cars for $2 (small) and $5 (large) just so you could go buy water bombs and spend the day running around everywhere sconning your mates!

i think we need to get these days back, throw out the tv, sell the xbox and boot your kids outside.

come to think of it pedophiles can be blamed for this in a way, no one wants there kids to run the streets because of fear of abduction of rock spiders.