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Article: Real cheese choices.(includes recipes)
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- Sunset
- Article date:
- February 1, 1999
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A low-fat lifestyle and the pleasures of cheese don't have to be mutually exclusive. Some cheeses are naturally low in fat, and many of today's fat-trimmed cheeses have satisfying flavors, ranging from mild to sharp, although they tend to be less complex than their full-fat counterparts. And they do melt, if not quite as well.
Compared with its role model, a trimmed-down cheese may have only a few grams less fat per ounce (see chart at right). But if you cook with cheese by the cupful, this can make a difference. Reduced-fat cheese contains at least 25 percent less fat than regular. Light cheese contains one-third fewer calories or 50 percent less fat. Low-fat ...