Vegeta (condiment)

Vegeta Product Packaging

Vegeta is a condiment which is a mixture primarily of salt with flavour enhancers, spices and various vegetables developed in 1959 by Bosnian Croat scientist Zlata Bartl, and has become a product sold worldwide.

Vegeta is produced by Podravka, a company from Koprivnica, Croatia, as well as a subsidiary of Podravka in Poland^[1] and two Vegeta licensees from Austria and Hungary. There have been around 50 instances of other companies attempting to reproduce the product.^{[citation needed]}

Vegeta was conceived in 1958 in Podravka's laboratories and professor was head of the team that developed it.^[1] The product was first sold in Yugoslavia in 1959 as "Vegeta 40".^[1] In 1967 Vegeta was first exported to Hungary and the USSR^[1] and is now sold in around 40 countries worldwide.^[1]

There is also a "no MSG added" version for those avoiding monosodium glutamate.^[2]

Ingredients[]

The ingredients of Vegeta include (according to the 2008 product packaging):

• salt max. 56%
• dehydrated vegetables 15.5% (carrot, parsnip, onions, celery, parsley leaves)
• flavour enhancers (MSG max. 15%, disodium inosinate)
• sugar
• spices
• cornstarch
• riboflavin (for yellow coloring)

References[]

External links[]

• Podravka's page on Vegeta