Promite

Promite

A jar of Promite
Type	Food paste
Place of origin	Australia
Created by	Henry Lewis & Company
Invented	1950s
Main ingredients	Vegetables and yeast extract
Similar dishes	Vegemite

Promite /ˈproʊmaɪt/ is a dark brown, salty food paste derived from yeast extract. It is primarily used as a spread on sandwiches and toast similar to Vegemite and Marmite. Promite was invented in the 1950s by Henry Lewis & Company and marketed under the Masterfoods brand. Henry Lewis & Company later became MasterFoods Australia and New Zealand, before being bought out by Mars, Incorporated, a privately owned U.S. company, in 1967. Promite has continued to be manufactured and primarily sold in Australia.

Like Vegemite, it is made from leftover brewer's yeast and vegetable extract, however Promite achieves a sweeter taste through the addition of sugar.

Ingredients

According to Mars Customer care, "In 2013, we removed vitamins Thiamin (B1), Riboflavin (B2) and Niacin (B3), as well as two flavour enhancers, and found this to benefit some consumers sensitive to those vitamins, without impacting taste or texture". However, some vitamins remain from the raw ingredients, approximately:

Name	Vitamin	Abundance
Thiamin	B1	4mg / 100g
Riboflavin	B2	1mg / 100g
Niacin	B3	50mg / 100g
Pantothenic Acid	B5	12mg / 100g
Vitamin B6	B6	3mg / 100g

See also

• Cenovis
• Marmite (New Zealand)
• Vitam-R
• List of spreads

External links

• Promite

Promite is not a yeast extract. It is a vegetable extract.