Article: Kraft Rip-Ums are cutting it in the snack world^ It's like this: Kraft, the nation's leading cheese manufacturer, has introduced the first American peelable cheese snack. New Kraft Rip-Ums, the peelable American cheese, offers kids the taste of their favorite American cheese slice, Kraft Singles. Kraft Rip-Ums were created to be a fun, great-tasting snack made especially for kids. Each individually wrapped package features silly jokes and riddles that kids will enjoy sharing with their friends and family. Kraft Rip-Ums are a convenient, easy-to-pack snack. Kraft Rip-Ums are an excellent source of calcium (20 percent RDA), a critical nutrient in children's diets. Available in two popular flavors among kids, American and Pizza, Rip-Ums feature 12 individually wrapped, easy-to-open sticks of cheese that kids can peel into 12 strips of cheese. Both varieties come in a 9-ounce bag (each cheese stick is 0.75 ounces) and have a suggested retail price of $3.29 to $3.49. Kraft Rip-Ums are available in the dairy case (where string cheese is found).

Jonelle Windett 14, freshman, West Aurora High School What I liked best: What I liked best was that they both tasted really good.

The American cheese tast so good.

The Pizza kind tastes like pepperoni pizza.

It also is fun to peel them apart. What I liked least: What I liked least was that it kind of got squishy when you handled it after a while. What I thought: I thought that they would be a great thinkg to have for a snack.

But when you have Rip-ums, you might have to have a glass of milk to wash them down. The grade: Two thumbs up A

Jim Angel 13, Jefferson Middle School, Aurora

What I liked best: They fill you up with not a lot, and make good cheese dogs. What I liked least: ...

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