Indeed so, Marmite is the real thing and, as you say, Vegemite is a poor imitation.
Nice try but no cigar
Vegemite is the real deal. 
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Perhaps try Marmite when in UK? The reason for my suggestion, the references above made me search for the history. Marmite certainly seems to be the older product, but according to some sources it is made under licence in New Zealand for sale in Australasia, but has a different recipe.
Being a kiwi having lived in Australia for many years I can back up @Pete_the_painter and confirm that Vegemite slaughters Marmite in the taste department
That kiwi marmite is trash 
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Burn the heretic!
In the seemingly never ending dispute between us Brits and our Antipodean cousins as to the relative merits of Marmite v Vegemite, there can only ever be one definitive winner, thusly:
Marmite Truffle, one flavour to rule them all.
So there, end of. 
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Thatās an insult on 2 fronts. One a cheap imitation of the original and truffle favour an abomination.
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Erm, I think youāll find that Marmite dates from 1902, whilst the cheap imitation didnāt surface until some twenty years later. 
As for truffle flavour, itās simply the King of tastes ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ if you like that sort of thing. 
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Ok I lied about the first. But Vegemite is definitely better.
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The only reason Vegemite exists at all is due to the fact that World War I disrupted the import of Marmite to Australia, and so you had to come up with a pale imitation to keep you going.
Game over, I win, you lose. 
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No good old Aussie ingenuity, we took an ordinary item and turn into something special. Who said you couldnāt polish a turd.
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Apparently, high on any list of Australian delicacies, comes Fairy Bread - sliced white bread spread with butter or margarine and covered with āHundreds and Thousandsā.
Wow!
High end stuff indeed, I have to admit, and I do know what Iām talking about, coming from the land of the deep fried Mars Bar, after all. 
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Youāve really had to drag the bottom to get that. Damn horrible stuff. Itās kept dentist in business for decades. Deep fired mars bars glad you mention them obviously the last word in fine food, more likely to keep the undertaker in business. Whoever thought of that should be charged with crimes against humanity.
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This about sums it up, advantage Australia.
Although the deep fried Mars Bar is seen as being part of my Jock heritage, Iām proud to say that I have never surrendered to the temptation.
Freedom!
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Thatās probably why youāre still here.
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Probably, although thereās reference to a couple of tasty morsels in the article you posted above.
Deep fried macaroni pie ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ Cheesy pasta baked in a pie crust ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ carbs in a carb sauce, wrapped in carbs.
Tempting ā¦ ā¦ ā¦
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Why is everything deep fried?
When taking the ferry Iām always amazed at the menu item of Lasagna with fries. (Why not add carbs as a side to a carb dish?), with the optional extra of Garlic bread (for when two types of carb arenāt enough?).
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