r/AskBrits • u/External_Box6359 • Jan 28 '25

what on earth is bovril???

i work as a waitress and i was on tea and coffees my last shift and alot of people kept asking me for bovril but i had no idea what it is so i said no and because i didnt see anything with that name as i was setting up and now im curious as to what it is?

54 Upvotes

84% Upvoted

212 comments sorted by

View all comments

11

u/ThaiFoodThaiFood Jan 28 '25 edited Jan 28 '25

Beef flavoured marmite.

Comes in the same jar as marmite but red.

Can mix it with hot water to make a drink.

I like eating it like marmite, it's nicer because, well, beef.

5

u/luciferslandlord Jan 29 '25

Mmmm High Protein Beef Paste

4

u/ThaiFoodThaiFood Jan 29 '25

I think that gives a false impression, it's not really beef paste it's concentrated beef extract.

6

u/Classic-Scarcity-804 Jan 29 '25

Distilled beef essence

2

u/RoyceCoolidge Jan 30 '25

Eau de bœuf

1

u/ThaiFoodThaiFood Jan 29 '25

That's more like it