I sometime put a tsp of Marmite in a mug and have that as a substitute for Tea or Coffee; especially with this cold and wet weather. Really warming. Thoughts please?

SOUNDS NICE!! Not sure if it’s allowed but I can’t see why not 🙂

Last night I was still really hungry after tea and thought I’d have an Oxo drink – was horrified I didn’t have any! Marmite hadn’t occurred to me before, so I looked on the label. I thought it said one teaspoon was 35 calories or something according to the jar, so I had a cup of tea instead.

Maybe I was reading it wrong, though, as have just Googled this, and it seems 4g (not quite a teaspoon – and not loaded up) is 10 calories – this could easily double if you don’t let the excess run off the spoon first, though.

Slightly fewer calories in Bovril, but not enough to make a difference if one is preferred/available over the other. High in sodium however, but then so is Marmite.

Oxo has 15 calories per cube – seems higher put portion size easier to control. Also loads of sodium.

So, it’s the salt/sodium you need to look out for. In my case, a mug of tea is only about 20 cals as I only take a little milk and there’s no salt, so that’s another option to fill a hole in a warming way.