Oh noes!

The sales ban enforces a law restricting products fortified with added vitamins. Food giant Kelloggs withdrew some brands of breakfast cereal from Denmark when the legislation passed in 2004, but until now Marmite had escaped the attention of Danish authorities.

"What am I supposed to put on my toast now?" asked British advertising executive Colin Smith, who has lived in the country for six years.

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Lyndsay Jensen, a Yorkshire born graphic designer in Copenhagen, despaired of the move. "They don't like it because it's foreign," she said, adding that she already planned to send off for supplies from abroad. "But if they want to take my Marmite off me they'll have to wrench it from my cold dead hands."

I have never tried Marmite. It sounds disgusting to me, and i don't trust the taste buds of a peoples who think beans on toast is a good idea. I just think it's interesting that Denmark's food regulations are made by Veterinary and Food Administration. I never would have thought of pairing those two things together.

The article doesn't go into any detail about why Denmark has banned foods "fortified with added vitamins". Have they discovered a health risk? A Google search seems to only turn up instances of the Marmite article. Seems important since just about everything we eat is fortified.

i'm not sure what prompted it, but (i think in 2003) Denmark banned the sale of things fortified with nutrients other than those required. in 2004, they came out with a policy that said fortified items had to undergo an individual risk assessment before it could be sold.

i think there might have been some concern about over-fortification and also people ingesting too much of something their body didn't even need?

clearly, it wasn't that big of a deal until they took away the Marmite.