Marmalade for marmalade, particularly in sandwiches, and kept it in his briefcase wherever he went.. Paddington Bear is now used on the label of the smaller peel ("shred") and clearer/milder Robertson's 'Golden Shred' marmalade.The previous icon - the famous and historical Robertson's "Golliwog" image on the label being now considered racially offensive - supplanted. The 2014 movie Paddington led to a slight increase in marmalade sales in the UK. Marmalade Marmalade generally refers to a fruit preserve made from the juice and peel of citrus fruits boiled with sugar and water. It can be produced from kumquats, lemons, limes, grapefruits, mandarins,
Marmalade comfort". According to the "Oxford English Dictionary", "marmalade" appeared in the English language in 1480, borrowed from French "marmelade" which, in turn, came from the galician language word "marmelada". According to José Pedro Machado’s "Dicionário Etimológico da Língua Portuguesa", the oldest known document where this Portuguese word is to be found is Gil Vicente’s play "Comédia de Rubena", written in 1521: The extension of "marmalade" in the English language to refer to a preserve made from citrus fruits occurred in the 17th century, when citrus first began to be plentiful enough in England for the usage to become common. In