It's a question that has plagued Australia and New Zealand for decades: Which is better, Marmite or Vegemite?
Vegemite has become an international Australian icon.
Whereas New Zealand's Marmite is so unknown to the world that we couldn't actually find a GIF involving it.
So we got five dedicated BuzzFeed Oz employees to try a piece of toast with Marmite, and a piece of toast with Vegemite (not knowing which was which) and they rated each out of five.
Mat:
Vegemite:
"That was nice! That's Vegemite for sure."
5/5
Marmite:
"Nup."
2/5
Final Thoughts:
"Marmite tastes like a cement truck full of wasps just parked in my mouth. Vegemite tastes like breakfast. TBH I want less butter and more Vegemite on this toast. And no Marmite."
Shami:
Vegemite:
"I think that's Vegemite."
4/5
Marmite:
"That's Marmite, it just tastes stronger."
3.5/5
Final Thoughts:
"Marmite is the poor man's Vegemite. The very poor man's."
Michelle:
Vegemite:
"Do you want me to eat the other one?"
2.5/5
Marmite:
"I can't tell the difference. They're both pretty shit."
3/5
"Slightly ashamed that I guessed wrong. But to be honest they both just tasted like a shitload of salt. Maybe that's just because I'm sick. By all means redo this test but this time slap some cheese on top and I won't get it wrong again."
Jemima:
Vegemite:
"It just tastes like cold Vegemite tastes."
5/5
Marmite:
"I think this one's Marmite, it's just gross. It tastes like someone added sugar to my Vegemite."
0/5
Final Thoughts:
"Vegemite is perfect. Marmite tastes like someone tried to copy Vegemite and failed miserably. It's too sweet and also too thick."
Mikey:
Vegemite:
"OK. That's the Vegemite. 3.5 because the bread is shit."
3.5/5
Marmite:
"Nup."
2/5
Final Thoughts:
"I would have enjoyed the toppings more if the bread had been better tbh. Vegemite is obviously the best but I am happy for the inferior Marmite if there's literally no other option."
And the winner is...
Vegemite, but that's probably because all these people are Australian.