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hi i am ramesh from malaysia my hp- +6016-7655917, i have one article about 100 years ago one. is about THE BODY-BUILDING POWER OF BOVRIL. IS FROM THE NEWSPAPER. I KEEP THIS NEWSPAPER FOR QUIT SOME TIME SINCE FROM MY GRAND FATHER. IF YOU THING YOU WANT TO BUY, I WANT TO SELL. PLS LET ME NOW. THANK YOU. my e-meil add- mesh622@yahoo.com

OK, I just tried the new Bovril (my wife bought it by accident) and it's horrible. They've added a load of salt and it seems gritty and tasteless by comparison. The old beef pots are likely to start selling on eBay now :-) -- redbaron

Bovril: "The Demon Drink".

It's probably as a direct result of opening that first tin that the French started eating frogs and snails and horses. ... Somewhere on the outskirts of Paris there's a landfill with 999,999 tins of 100 year old Bovril buried in it just waiting for some unsuspecting Frenchie to come wandering by with a metal detector ...

OK, you're not the first one who complained. He did it before they switched to the yeast formula! I think I am going to buy some leftover beef jars for myself. -- Toytoy 05:17, Dec 7, 2004 (UTC)

Aaggh

Didn't know about this changeover to yeast before. What is the point, that is what Marmite is for! Bovril tastes of beef, that is surely the point of it! Oh well I'm sure Tesco will still sell 'Beefy' paste... pomegranate 11:53, Feb 14, 2005 (UTC)

Yes, Tesco and other UK supermarkets still sell own-brand 'Beefy' pastes using beef extract. Looking at the labels, they all seem to have the same ingredients and proportions, so I wonder who makes them. Does anyone know if it is, in fact, Unilever? -- Picapica 10:53, 28 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would imagine that, like many other food stuffs, such as beers and cereal, the company manufacturing the goods will sell the "cast off" products for supermarkets to use as their own brand, by which I mean those which fall outside of the stringent quality control tests for the official product, but as a "supermarkets own", it is fine. I know that unsuitable Fosters is often sold to ASDA. - Solo.card 07:13, January 11, 2007

i want to know the ingredient are 'halal' for muslims? i want to try to my child. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zaidatul (talk • contribs) 02:29, 5 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vril

The vril component of the name comes from Bulwer-Lytton's once-popular 19th century "lost race" novel, The Coming Race,

Is that true?

Unilever state this on their Bovril webpage. It be intersting to know what source they use. ant_ie 22:51, 2 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

bovril... in a nutshell

its amazing this stuff! it saved my life, i used to be into sex drugs and rock and roll, until i tried some of this, it gave me such a kick, i am now seeking help and a recovering alcoholic. i just love bovril it is the best beef exstract spread that mixed with hot water makes the best savory drink ive ever had!! i like it more than beer.

Marmite

I edited the article to say it tastes similar to its cousin, Marmite. Hope nobody minds. 81.86.76.6 06:07, 25 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Beef version availability

Can anyone confirm or deny if the beef version is once again available in the US? DarkAudit 03:25, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Yeast they could do

I can deny it. All I can find is yeast-based Borvil.

My DH talked to the proprieter of a British foods import shop, who said that the government still banned imports of British beef products, including Bovril. So at this time, only the vegetarian version is available here. She also thought that was also true in Canada, but she wasn't sure.--H-ko (Talk) 16:59, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I recently checked a local store that sells Bovril and they only have the yeast extract version.--MythicFox (talk) 23:28, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Overusing the adjective Savoury

why do you limeys have to use the word 'savoury'( note spelling ) in every description of snack foods sold in the UK? it shows a lack of creativity and an inability to spell( its spelled 'savory' dont cha know ). too much marmite i think.

-Savoury is used once on the Bovril page, and it accurately describes Bovril, it being a salty rather than a sweet foodstuff. And I think, if you check, you'll find they were speaking English in Britain long before anyone was mispelling "savoury" and "don't you" in America.

No wonder we left! *grin*

Illegality of Thermos Flasks

Surely that's not true? Is there a citation we can use? Unless it's from alcohol and stuff Ultre (talk) 14:40, 21 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1995/ukpga_19950039_en_3#pt2-l1g20

It stems (mostly) from the Scottish Cup final in 1980 which ended in a riot attributed primarily to alcohol consumption. It is now against the law to enter a football ground in Scotland with a "controlled container" defined in the Law as:

…any bottle, can or other portable container, whether open or sealed, which is, or was, in its original manufactured state, capable of containing liquid and is made from such material or is of such construction, or is so adapted, that if it were thrown at or propelled against a person it would be capable of causing some injury to that person; but the term does not include a container holding a medicinal product for a medicinal purpose. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Grievous Angel (talk • contribs) 17:39, 21 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hula Hoops and Cream Crackers

I've removed the following from the product range:

Bovril hula hoops (25g)

Bovril chicken flavored Cream crackers (95g)

for two reasons, there's no reference to back up that they exist, and, in any case, they wouldn't be Bovril products made by the same manufacturer (Unilever). Hula Hoops are a brand of potato crisp snack (KP I think) and I can find no mention of a Bovril flavour on any Hula Hoops site. Jacob (the best-known cracker manufacturer) don't do a Bovril chicken flavour that I can find a source for either. If Hula Hoops do have a Bovril range and there is a Bovril-flavour cracker then they should be mentioned somewhere in the main text as they are certainly not part of the Bovril product range. Something like this may be appropriate: "The Bovril flavour is so popular that it has been incorporated into other food products such as potato crisp snacks and cracker-type biscuits." Grievous Angel (talk) 06:30, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]