Taste Test Tuesday: Cabot 50% Reduced Fat Sharp White Cheddar
Well, I found another great light cheese today. It's perhaps the only light white cheddar I've ever seen and it's from the Cabot brand in Vermont. Cut fresh from the package, it has a nice texture and taste. I was making light potato skins with dinner tonight, so this is the cheese I sprinkled on top and the skins were loved by everyone at the table.
Your biggest challenge with this cheese is going to be finding it, just because it doesn't seem to be a brand that's in a lot of big grocery chains. It made it all the way to my supermarket on the West coast though, so there's hope!
1 ounce of the cheese contains:(compare to regular cheddar)
70 calories (111 calories)Wow! Just by using this cheese instead of regular white cheddar cheese, there's a SAVINGS of 40 calories and 4.5 grams of fat, 3 grams of saturated fat, and 15 mg of cholesterol per ounce.
4.5 grams fat (9 grams)
3 grams saturated fat (6 grams)
15 mg cholesterol (30 mg)
8 grams protein (7 grams)
170 mg sodium
This cheese handles the cheese grater, it melts well, and it even slices well for cheese and cracker plates - giving new meaning to the phrase, "cutting the cheese."
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10 Comments:
Alpine Swiss is available at most grocery stores.
It is very low fat
the A&P supermarkets here on the east coast sell the 50% and 75% reduced fat Cabot cheese. I always buy the 75% reduced fat sharp cheddar and its so good!
You show a nutrition label without showing the carbohydrates?.......
hmm, try being a bit more accurate in the future, it appears your misleading the public.
Carbohydrate numbers for cheese aren't very interesting. An ounce of cheese contains 1 gram of carbohydrate, which shows up as 0% of a daily recommended diet.
I don't eat alot of cheese but when I do I'll have a slice of the real thing, thank you. And I really A (as in one)slice.#1-I'm lactose intolerant and the only thing that doesn't kill me is Fage Yogart.#2- I'm a label reader,and am absolutely disgusted with the garbage I see going into food.Things that are touted to be good for you,"healthy" "fat free" "low fat" When they reduce the fat what are they replacing it with? And this page always seems to be pushing whatever the subject is;today it's Cabot cheese.Do they or the Dairy Board sponser this page?
The "Trader Joes" in my area carry the 50 & 75% reduced fat cheese. I like both, but find they start molding within a couple of days, even though I keep them well sealed and in the refrigerator.
I've been eating the 75% reduced fat Cabot cheddar cheese for several years now, and it really is delicious.
Trader Joe's carries a sharp Celtic white cheddar cheese that is delicious. To the person who wrote in about it molding, I brought some back and was told that what looks like mold starting is really salt--they took it back and gave me another package.
To the poster who asked if this blog is sponsored by the Dairy Board or Cabot Cheese - No. It is not sponsored by anyone.
I don't know if they carry this in my area but I am surely going to be watching for it because Saturday night is "cheese, mustard, cracker, & wine night in our house.
Natural cheese that has the appearance of mold on the outside can be trimmed but it can also be washed with vinegar and patted dry with paper towel. I learned this at a seminar on cheese put on by our local Ag Extention about cheese and cheese making over 20 yrs ago.
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