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Article: For the health of it: reveling in its newfound recognition as a healthy snack, cheese responds to changing consumer preferences.(Cheese)(snack food)
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- Dairy Field
- Article date:
- August 1, 2005
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Cheese has never carried a reputation as a diet food--or even a particularly healthy food for that matter. Due to its relatively high fat content, cheese has been branded as a food that should be eaten in moderation.
In fact, many consumers have come to believe they should feel guilty when indulging in a cheese-laden meal, like treating themselves to a plateful of pizza--even sprinkling their favorite shreds onto a green leafy salad should result in, at the very least, a penance of "being good" for a couple of days--dietarily speaking, that is.
In recent years, however, cheese lovers have found a reason to rejoice, as scientific evidence has emerged ...