Editing Yeast extract (section)

===Vitam-R===
{{Infobox food
| name = Vitam-R
| image = File:A jar of Vitam-R yeast paste.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| image_alt = A jar of Vitam-R
| caption = 
| alternate_name = 
| type = Yeast spread
| course = 
| place_of_origin = [[Germany]]
| region = 
| creator = <!-- or | creators = -->
| year = 1925
| main_ingredient = Yeast extract
| variations = Kräuter (Herbs)
| serving_size = 100
| calories = 223
| calories_ref =
| protein = 29.8
| fat = 0.3
| carbohydrate =  25.1
| glycemic_index = 
| similar_dish = [[Marmite]], [[Vegemite]]
| other = 
}}
Vitam-R is a [[Umami|savory]] yeast extract spread made in [[Hameln]], Germany, by the company Vitam Hefe-Produkt GmbH. It was first developed by Rückforth AG in [[Stettin]] (today's [[Szczecin]], Poland) in 1925,<ref name="Bio">{{cite web
 |url= https://bio-markt.info/berichte/64-Vitam.html
 |title= Vitam: Mit Hefe-Extrakt zum Welthersteller
 |date= 2009-09-01
 |website= Bio-markt.info
 |publisher= Bio-Markt.info: Das Nachrichtenportal der Naturkostbranche
 |access-date= 2018-09-12
 |quote= Beispielhaft für den wissensbezogenen Wandel der Vermarktung steht Vitam-R, ein Hefeextrakt, der Ende der 1920er Jahre als »Fleischextrakt des Vegetariers«39 vermarktet wurde. Das Präparat wurde 1925 von der Stettiner Rückforth AG...
 |archive-date= 20 September 2018
 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180920081129/https://bio-markt.info/berichte/64-Vitam.html
 |url-status= dead
 }}</ref><ref name="Spiekermann2018">{{cite book|author=Uwe Spiekermann|title=Künstliche Kost: Ernährung in Deutschland, 1840 bis heute|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j0FbDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA407|date=14 May 2018|publisher=Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht|isbn=978-3-647-31719-9|pages=407–}}</ref> following the discovery by [[Justus von Liebig]] that yeast could be concentrated.<ref name=Boulton>{{cite book|editor-last1=Boulton|editor-first1=Chris|title=Encyclopedia of brewing|date=2012|publisher=Wiley|location=Weinheim|isbn=978-1-4051-6744-4|page=394|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uWXcajHd3W0C&pg=PA394|access-date=4 November 2014}}</ref> It is sometimes described as having a smoother flavour than similar products such as [[Marmite]],<ref name="DW">{{cite web
 |url= https://www.dw.com/en/tesco-takes-marmite-off-virtual-shelves-amid-brexit-price-hikes/a-36028455
 |title= Tesco takes Marmite off virtual shelves amid Brexit price hikes
 |date= 2016-10-12
 |website= dw.com
 |publisher= [[Deutsche Welle]]
 |access-date= 2018-09-12
 |quote= But if Marmite stays off the shelves, Germany could have an answer. A company in Hameln has been making Vitam-R yeast spread since the 1920s. It may not have the same cachet as Marmite, but its smoother taste has a cult following among health food aficionados. But it, too, has become more expensive to import to Britain - even if, after Brexit, it will by default become the leading brand in the EU.}}</ref> [[Vegemite]], or [[Cenovis]].  Unlike those brands, Vitam-R is not an iconic part of its home country's [[German cuisine|cuisine]], but it, too, is described as having a love-it-or-hate-it flavour.<ref name="Helmberger2018">{{cite book|author=Angela Helmberger|title=Glücklich trotz Unverträglichkeiten: Rotationsdiät: Bauchschmerzen und Nahrungsmittelunverträglichkeiten dauerhaft lindern – Reizdarm und chronisch entzündlichen Darmerkrankungen vorbeugen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ABVfDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT104|date=24 May 2018|publisher=tredition|isbn=978-3-7469-4482-1|pages=104–}}</ref> It is both [[vegan]] and by extension, [[vegetarian]], and is sold primarily in [[Reformhaus]] health-food stores.<ref name="Bio"/>
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