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Article: Mix full-fat, reduced-fat cheeses
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- June 13, 2007
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Good news if you love cheese -- you don't need to resort to
rubbery fat-free varieties to maintain your healthy diet.
As with so many foods, fat equals flavor in cheese. It also gives
it a creamy texture and ability to melt. But not all cheeses are
equal.
There are plenty of reduced-fat, low-fat, and non-fat cheeses on
the market; some are good, many not. There also is plenty of
variation between full-fat cheeses; some are naturally higher or
lower in fat.
First, the terminology. To be labeled low-fat, a cheese must have
3 grams of fat or less per serving. Reduced-fat cheeses must have at
least 25 percent less fat than the full-fat version. Fat-free cheese
must have less than .5 gram of fat ...