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
Cyril Seelenmeyer Cyril Seelenmeyer Cyril Robert Seelenmeyer (29 April 1892 – 8 August 1918) was an Australian rules footballer who played with University in the Victorian Football League. A veterinary surgeon, he served with the First AIF, dying of wounds on 8 August 1918. The son of Adolphe Frederic Seelenmeyer (1855-1922), M.D. and Alexandra Mary Seelenmeyer (1863-1947), née Munster, he was born on 29 April 1892. Although born in England, and a British subject, Adolphe Seelenmeyer, M.D. was the target of a lot of anti-German sentiment in Melbourne during the First World War; and, as a consequence, he, and his surviving sons,