Feb 16 @ TSB Bank Arena, Wellington, New Zealand
Feb 18 @ Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
Feb 22 @ Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia
Feb 25 @ Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
(thanks Heath!)
So stupid I'd feel stupid buying it.
Which really is a pity, because I almost thought about switching to it.
I love vegemite, I adore vegemite, it's put the rose in my cheeks for pretty much my whole life.
I like it on toast. I like it on jaffles. I spread it very thick. I've been meaning to weight how much vegemite I put on a piece of toast. I strongly suspect it is more than the suggest serving of 5 grams. I also usually include butter.
Vegemite is full of salt. LOTS of salt. So is the bread you're spreading it on. When you include butter you're adding a heap of saturated fat. It isn't anything like a healthy snack.
The new Vegemite (who's name I refuse to type), has a lot less salt, but more saturated fat.
I've tried it, and it tastes pretty much like vegemite, only less killer.
I didn't see the point, but recently I decide I would probably like it on toast if you skip the butter, making it healthier and similar tasting.
| Salt per 100g | Sat. Fat per 100g | |
| Vegemite | 3380mg | < 1g |
| Stupid Name | 1430mg | 11.8g |
I still drink Coke Zero, despite the horrible horrible advertising aiming at drunk horny socially damaged 30-something hetrosexual males. Thankfully the only reminder of that is on the cap, which has a silhouette of a stripper on it. But I would really rather I'd never seen those adverts.
I will however really really struggle to walk into that store and buy something called ZOMG LOL WTF!!1! or whatever. Apparently "Gen Y" or whatever they're called these days like the name.
I think the marketing team underestimated the ability of these kids to pull a major major joke.
Update: Understatement of the year: "The name isn't resonating with success or favour" [The Age].