Posted on 09/09/2017 7:22:23 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A study has revealed people's like or dislike for Vegemite is in their DNA.
Whether people love or hate the yeast-based spread is reportedly down to their parents, according to a new study by DNAFit - one of the UK's top genetic research centres - who have discovered your genes determine whether or not you enjoy the opinion-dividing snack.
DNAFit asked 260 adults to taste a 2g serving of Marmite, the British equivalent of Vegemite, before filling out a questionnaire noting their reaction to it, and after analysing the DNA of each participant, researchers discovered the make up of 15 particular single-nucleotide polymorphisms in their genes were linked to taste preference.
Principal Investigator behind the project, Thomas Roos, says: 'Our research indicates that Marmite taste preference can in large parts be attributed to our genetic blueprint, which shows that each of us is born with a tendency to be either a 'lover' or 'hater'.'
But it isn't completely down to your genes, as people can also have their taste in food products altered by the environment around them.
Thomas added: 'Like anything in genetics, taste preference is dictated by both nature and nurture. Our environment can impact our taste preference as much as the genes we are born with.'
I’ve never tasted it and already know I don’t like it.
Ping.
Just tonight I put a teaspoon of Vegemite in my beef stew gravy. Tasted great -— actually kicked it up another notch on the beefiness scale.
I doubt it has much to do with my genes.
I’ll stick to peanurr burr and hunny... :)
LOL I thought I just didn’t get it because I’m from the States. Turns out it’s in my genes?
I actually like it. It’s a salty malt flavor of beer. Of course, I also shocked some of my fellow guailo work mates when I ate ripe durian fruit from a road side stand in Malaysia without puking, and matched around a dozen maotai shots with a Chinese nurse sitting next to me at a banquet in Guangzhou (she looked pretty damned cute by the end of the meal). So I might be a special case.
Isn’t that what Lucy Ricardo was selling?
only Aussies like vegemite...
I tried it once when I was in New Zealand. It tasted like solidified soy sauce. Absolutely disgusting. One bite and I was done.
I know a lot of people like it. I think I’ve been soured by the bad press ;-)
I don’t hate it, nor do I love it. I like it spread on a saltine. Poor man’s caviar.
Spicy beer-making byproducts, what’s not to like?
LOL! I think I’ll just take the beer.
I’ll have to try it sometime, so I can speak from experience and not ignorant prejudice. (But I bet I still don’t like it...)
Is it as bad as steak and kidney pie?
So does anchovy paste
i have tasted it and didn’t like it. i figured it was an acquired taste.
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