The National Health and Medical Research Council has set an ‘Adequate Intake’ of 20–40 mmol (460–920 mg) of sodium per day. This corresponds to 1.15–2.3 grams of salt. Most Australian adults have a daily salt intake of about 10 grams, i.e. many times the maximum value of the Adequate Intake range

This figure should be lower for children.

I remember my Mum telling me a story of when she was a teenager.

Her younger sister and her were keen on two local boys............and wanted to get all dressed up to impress.

But it was during the war years and times were tough being child number 9 and 10 in the family.

So they mixed vegemite with water to colour their legs.............(how did they not think they boys would smell it)

Well it must have worked for Mum's younger sister................because she married the boy and they were married for 63 years before she died.

My First Vegemite 

In response to research that revealed parents wanted a product specifically for children, Kraft's Melbourne development team made a spread that contains 1720 milligrams of sodium per 100 grams

But Jacqui Webster, who co-ordinates the salt reduction program at the George Institute for Global Health, said the reformulation did not go far enough.

''Unfortunately, cutting the sodium content of Vegemite by 50 per cent doesn't cut it when it comes to feeding it to children, and parents should avoid feeding it to their kids. The new product still contains almost 15 times the levels of sodium that would be accepted to classify as a low salt product and as such it is a disgrace that it is being promoted as good for kids.''

Ms Webster said high salt intakes were one of the biggest contributors to premature deaths from cardiovascular disease and stroke in Australia. ''There are obviously better ways of getting children to eat their vitamins then getting them hooked on the taste of salty foods,'' she said

'We certainly welcome the introduction of a lower-sodium Vegemite. We know that Aussie kids love a Vegemite sandwich or Vegemite on toast ,but Vegemite is a high-salt food that children shouldn't have too much of, even the new version.

''We would also like to see Kraft slowly reduce the salt content in the regular Vegemite product.

The Heart Foundation said the product was ''a step in the right direction''. The Victorian director of cardiovascular health, Kellie-Ann Jolly, said Vegemite still remained a very salty food, even though small amounts are used. She said the trouble with introducing salty foods in children's diets was that they developed a taste for salt that tended to carry through to adulthood.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/new-vegemite-raises-ire-of-health-experts-20110216-1awo1.html#ixzz2ih...

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@polksaladallie wrote:

Nah!  Promite for me, much nicer.

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i agree, promite tastes so much better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsXylxhbY1c

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@am*3 wrote:

My First Vegemite 

 

In response to research that revealed parents wanted a product specifically for children, Kraft's Melbourne development team made a spread that contains 1720 milligrams of sodium per 100 grams

 

But Jacqui Webster, who co-ordinates the salt reduction program at the George Institute for Global Health, said the reformulation did not go far enough.

 

''Unfortunately, cutting the sodium content of Vegemite by 50 per cent doesn't cut it when it comes to feeding it to children, and parents should avoid feeding it to their kids. The new product still contains almost 15 times the levels of sodium that would be accepted to classify as a low salt product and as such it is a disgrace that it is being promoted as good for kids.''

 

Ms Webster said high salt intakes were one of the biggest contributors to premature deaths from cardiovascular disease and stroke in Australia. ''There are obviously better ways of getting children to eat their vitamins then getting them hooked on the taste of salty foods,'' she said

 

'We certainly welcome the introduction of a lower-sodium Vegemite. We know that Aussie kids love a Vegemite sandwich or Vegemite on toast ,but Vegemite is a high-salt food that children shouldn't have too much of, even the new version.

''We would also like to see Kraft slowly reduce the salt content in the regular Vegemite product.

The Heart Foundation said the product was ''a step in the right direction''. The Victorian director of cardiovascular health, Kellie-Ann Jolly, said Vegemite still remained a very salty food, even though small amounts are used. She said the trouble with introducing salty foods in children's diets was that they developed a taste for salt that tended to carry through to adulthood.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/new-vegemite-raises-ire-of-health-experts-20110216-1awo1.html#ixzz2ih...

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you had to bring science into it

Not really, I don't like salty foods ( only recently read the label on the Vegemite jar), and just googled to see if I was the only one that felt that way about vegemite.

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@donnashuggy wrote:

The price is going up when tony puts up the gst

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who actually buys the stuff anyway?

says here on one of the comments.....

"I can't believe they sold Vegimite the the U.S, that's like selling our left hand."

do they actually make a quid?

Kraft  is a US company. its never been australian owned.

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@lakeland27 wrote:

Kraft  is a US company. its never been australian owned.

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lol, i read the reply to that comment after i posted

Kraft is a yanky company, i didnt know that

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@joz*garage wrote:

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@lakeland27 wrote:

Kraft  is a US company. its never been australian owned.

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lol, i read the reply to that comment after i posted

 

 

Kraft is a yanky company, i didnt know that

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its an evil conglomerate,  a tool of satan you know. someone told me that straightfaced in the street .. 'what do you mean' i said 'it sticks out a mile' he said  'kraft is simply witchkraft shortened'  'oh. i see ' says me.