# Promite

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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/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English) is a dark brown, salty food paste derived from [yeast extract](/source/Yeast_extract). It is primarily used as a spread on sandwiches and toast similar to [Vegemite](/source/Vegemite) and [Marmite](/source/Marmite). Promite was invented in the 1950s by Henry Lewis & Company and marketed under the [Masterfoods](/source/Masterfoods) brand. Henry Lewis & Company later became MasterFoods Australia and New Zealand, before being bought out by [Mars, Incorporated](/source/Mars%2C_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".[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] 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

- [Australia portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Australia)
- [Food portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Food)

- [Cenovis](/source/Cenovis)

- [Marmite (New Zealand)](/source/Marmite_(New_Zealand))

- [Vitam-R](/source/Vitam-R)

- [List of spreads](/source/List_of_spreads)

## References

## External links

- [Promite](http://www.masterfoods.com.au/spreads/promite/)

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

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