http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-33839742

The Australian government is proposing banning the sale of the popular
Vegemite spread in some communities because it is used to make alcohol.

It says the yeast-based product is contributing to anti-social behaviour
in some remote communities.

Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion described the salty spread as
a "precursor to misery".

He said it was being bought in bulk to make moonshine, sometimes being
brewed in bathtubs.

In communities where alcohol is banned because of addiction problems, Mr
Scullion said Vegemite sales should also be restricted, the BBC's Jon
Donnison in Sydney reports.

The minister added that in some cases children were failing to turn up
to school because they were too hung over, and that Vegemite was an
increasingly common factor in domestic violence cases.

Vegemite started as a wartime substitute for Marmite.

It is now something of an Australian culinary icon, our correspondent says.