The Koreans have kimchi. The Romans had garum. But no umami-rich condiment is as controversial as Marmite, the black elixir lurking in many a British larder. A recent shortage of Marmite in Britain – ...

Switching pets for jars of Marmite the commercial follows a team from the ‘Marmite Rescue Unit’ doing the rounds on suburban streets, raiding people’s cupboards for unwanted jars of the divisive ...