Vegemite

[Pedwin]

Hi all. Travelling internationally shortly with 3 large tubs (900g) of Vegemite. Anyone know if these can be taken as hand luggage, or are they classified as a gel?
Thanks.

 

[Dr Ralph]

Hi all. Travelling internationally shortly with 3 large tubs (900g) of Vegemite. Anyone know if these can be taken as hand luggage, or are they classified as a gel?
Thanks.

Can't answer for the large size. But I may have recently taken 10 or so single serve sized vegemite samples from the Qantas Club and made it through 2 subsequent screenings without incident.

 

[donovan301]

Hi all. Travelling internationally shortly with 3 large tubs (900g) of Vegemite. Anyone know if these can be taken as hand luggage, or are they classified as a gel?
Thanks.

I wouldn't like your chances.
Basically it will be considered a liquid or gel, something that can be smeared etc.

If it was 100 grams then you might get away with it. But not 900gms.

You're gonna have to check it in.
Donavan

 

[Cossie]

I'd be thinking that you would have to check it in, where are you going?

 

[jukebox333]

Can't talk to current status - but back in 1990, I met up with my mother in Paris, and passed on to her 3 jars of Vegemite for her to take back to NYC where she was living.

On attempting to board her TWA flight, the Vegemite earned her a visit to an interrogation room, and a pretty heavy duty questioning as to why she was bringing "grease" on board.

She tried to explain it was food (as have many Australians over the course of the last 100 years, I guess!) but to no avail - it was confiscated and she was eventually allowed to board.

To this day, no idea if there was a specific terrorist threat - Lockerbie was still very much on peoples minds at that time - , or how a 60 year old woman would trigger a profile, but it was an unpleasant experience that she's never forgotten.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

100% guarantee LAG - saw a yank had a 1kg tub from Costco tsken off him recently dep MEL - and he didn't take it at all well - bubble wrap them and into checked and you will be good to go.

 

[petercr]

100% guarantee LAG - saw a yank had a 1kg tub from Costco tsken off him recently dep MEL - and he didn't take it at all well - bubble wrap them and into checked and you will be good to go.

Wouldn't that be two grounds for suspicion... 1) an American with vegemite and 2) a kilo tub of it...

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Wouldn't that be two grounds for suspicion... 1) an American with vegemite and 2) a kilo tub of it...

1) We have a number of Americano friends we have introduced to it over last 40 odd years - some are addicted - some hate it.
2) Costco 1kg tubs are regular additions to our family's checked baggage to feed said yanks.

OT: You know another thing the Yanks are totally oblivious to? Poached eggs - they have NFI. My niece got a green card few years back and is now permanent in oil industry in Houston - she holds Sunday morning cooking lessons for Yanks teaching them how to poach eggs. Many also become addicted after trying them.

Many reports around how poached eggs / avo smash taking NY by storm.

 

[Milboo]

Won't make it through.

I have had a 150gm jar of marmalade or jam taken off me before.

 

[Scr77]

We had Vegemite confiscated at security because it was over 100ml and considered a liquid.

 

[donovan301]

Won't make it through.

I have had a 150gm jar of marmalade or jam taken off me before.

Basically, if there is no volume then they base it on a weight of 100 gm.

This is due to pretty much lightest liquid (ish) being water @ 100gm per 100ml,

then therefore anything thicker/heavier than that will have a lesser volume than 100ml