You'll either love them or hate them: sausage maker invents Marmite bangers

My Account
Logout

Create an Evening Standard Account

Use your social network

Save time by using your existing account to sign in to Evening Standard

We'll never share your information or post anything to your account without your permission

Welcome! Sign in here

Use your social network

Save time by using your existing account to sign in to Evening Standard

We'll never share your information or post anything to your account without your permission

Forgot your password ?

Registration

* indicates fields that are mandatory

Email *

Password *

Confirm Password *

First name *

Surname *

Postcode *

Country *

Mobile phone number

Username *

Gender *

Year of birth *

When you sign up...

You will have access to all our online competitions, discounted offers and can post comments on our site.

You will also receive The Weekender newsletter sent every Thursday - it’s full of fantastic offers and ideas for the weekend. You can update your email preferences in your account page when you log in.

Other newsletters and emails

Homes & Property Newsletter - Yes I want to receive the weekly email with all the latest news on property in the capital

Occasionally we would also like to send you relevant emails detailing specific offers either from ourselves or carefully selected partners. If you would prefer not to receive these then please tick the appropriate boxes below. We will never pass on your details.

I do not want to receive additional offers and information from the Evening Standard

I do not want to receive additional offers and information sent by Evening Standard on behalf of carefully selected partners

Terms and Conditions

* I have read, understood and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of Evening Standard

Registration

Mail Sent for Registration Confirmation.

A confirmation email has been sent. Please activate your account by clicking on the activation link sent in your mail box.

Specialist sausage makers Broad Oak said the Marmite-infused variety was expected to sell better than the Bovril flavour.

Both versions have a "significant but not overpowering" taste, the firm said.

Scroll down for more...

Marmite sausages will have a 'significant but not overpowering' taste

The Marmite sausages contain 5.5 per cent of the savoury spread plus 78 per cent pork. The other version contains 3 per cent Bovril and is made from a mix of pork and beef.

Jane Woodward, sales and marketing controller at Essex-based Broad Oak, said it had taken around two years to reach an agreement with Unilever which owns the Marmite and Bovril brands.

"Once you've eaten the product you have the reminiscence of the flavour afterwards. It's not overpowering - you know you've eaten Marmite but it doesn't burn your tongue. It is a delicate flavour," she said.

"I think Marmite will be most popular purely because of the brand awareness of it."

Mary Carmichael, brand news editor at trade magazine The Grocer, said: "Marmite and Bovril are such established brands that it makes perfect sense for a relatively new producer to try and get the benefit of their fame and the British public's affection for them."

According to Unilever, the Bovril beef drink was invented in 1886 by Scotsman John Lawson Johnston.

Marmite is a savoury spread made with yeast which first launched in the UK in 1902, the firm said.