Vegemite Vegemite Vegemite ( ) is a thick, black, Australian food spread made from leftover brewers' yeast extract with various vegetable and spice additives. It was developed by Cyril Percy Callister in Melbourne, Victoria in 1922. The Vegemite brand was owned by Mondelez International (formerly Kraft Foods Inc.) until January 2017, when it was acquired by the Australian Bega Cheese group in a $460 million agreement for full Australian ownership after Bega would buy most of Mondelez International's Australia and New Zealand grocery and cheese business. A spread for sandwiches, toast, crumpets and cracker biscuits as well as a filling for
Marion Jones Callister Marion Jones Callister Marion Jones Callister (June 6, 1921 – June 24, 1997) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Idaho. Born in Moreland, Idaho, Callister graduated from Blackfoot High School in 1939 and was in the United States Army during World War II, from 1944 to 1946. He received a Bachelor of Science in Law from the University of Utah in 1950, and a Juris Doctor from the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah in 1951. Callister was an assistant Bingham County attorney in Blackfoot, Idaho