The all purpose seasoning!
Vegeta gourmet seasoning and soup mix is produced by Podravka d.d., a company based in Croatia.
Ingredients:
Salt,
dehydrated vegetables (carrot,
parsnip,
onions,
celery,
parsely leaves),
monosodium glutamate,
sugar,
cornstarch,
spices,
disodium inosinate,
riboflavin (for coloring).
History of Vegeta:
- 1958 - Vegeta was invented by a team of experts led by Prof. Zlata Bartl at Podravka d.d.
- 1959 - Vegeta was shipped for the first time under the name of Vegeta 40. Since then it was easily recognisable by its sinister-looking chef sporting a handlebar mustache.
- 1967 - Vegeta 40 was sold internationally for the first time at Hungary and USSR.
- 1971 - Vegeta 40 was renamed as Vegeta.
- 2000 - Two new Vegeta factories were opened in Koprivnica, Croatia, and Poland. Currently sold in over 30 countries.
The maker's website(http://www.podravka.com/en/) lists 99 recipes for dishes that use Vegeta.
Vegeta is roughly US $4.50 when imported for a salt-shaker sized package.
According to Prof. Bartl and her associates, the name Vegeta was derived from the words
vitamins,
glutamate, and
taste.
Croatian
lexicographer Bratoljub Klaic mistakenly guessed that Vegeta was derived from the
Latin adjective vegetus, which means
healthy,
vigorous, and
sturdy. Perhaps that word origin is better suited for the
DragonBall character Vegeta.