School bans pupils from eating Marmite
A council in Wales has banned pupils at 51 schools from having Marmite on toast for breakfast.
They say the move - which puts them firmly on the hate side of the "Love it or hate it" debate - is because the 100-year-old product contains too much salt.
Marmite used to be served along with jams and marmalade at all of the school breakfast clubs run by Ceredigion Council but now it has disappeared.
A spokesperson for the council said the clubs were there to improve the health and concentration of children and anything served must be healthy and nutritionally balanced.
He added that Marmite had been removed from the menu because it includes a high level of salt ... not just because he hates it.
On the Marmite website, the health properties of the product are touted: "It's because we add a special vitamin blend to Marmite, enhancing the naturally nutritious yeast that's already there, that you can be sure Marmite's good for you."
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Stupid Nanny state - I think we can cope with a bit of marmite, I have been eating it for over 40 year and am fine.
I dont care what food we eat....were gonna die some time so its not going to make a diffrence so enjoy yourselves.