Cheese cracker
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| Type | Cracker |
|---|---|
| Course | Main Meal (in some countries, served as a special course) |
| Variations | Goldfish, Cheddars, Cheese Nips, Cheez-It |
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The cheese cracker is a type of cracker prepared using cheese as a main ingredient.[1][2] Additional common cracker ingredients are typically used, such as grain, flour, shortening, leavening, salt and various seasonings.[3][4][5][6] The ingredients are formed into a dough, and the individual crackers are then prepared.[3][7] Some cheese crackers are prepared using fermented dough.[4] Cheese crackers are typically baked.[1][6] Another method of preparing cheese crackers involves placing cheese atop warm crackers.[8] Cheese crackers have been described as a "high-calorie snack", which is due to a higher fat content compared to other types of crackers.[5]
Uses
[edit | edit source]In addition to being a snack food, cheese cracker crumbs are sometimes used in recipes as an ingredient, and crumbs or whole crackers are sometimes used as a garnish on various foods.[9][10][11] Cheese crackers are also sometimes served as a side dish to accompany foods.[7]
Commercial brands
[edit | edit source]Examples of mass-produced commercial cheese cracker brands include Better Cheddars, Cheddars, Cheese Nips, Cheez-It and Goldfish.[1]
- Better Cheddars is a brand of baked Cheddar cheese snack cracker manufactured by Nabisco, a subsidiary of Mondelēz International.[1][12][13]
- Cheddars are a brand of baked Cheddar cheese-flavoured British-style savoury biscuit, having a granular crumbly texture unlike crackers which are harder, more brittle and flaky in texture. They are manufactured by McVitie's.
- Cheese Nips were small cheese-flavored crackers[14] They were manufactured by Mondelēz International under its brand, Nabisco. As of 2020, Cheese Nips have since been discontinued according to a Nabisco representative.[15] They are still sold in Canada by a brand named "Christie" as "Ritz Cheese Nibs" as of 2022, however.[16][17]
- Cheez-It is a cheese cracker manufactured by the Kellogg Company through its Sunshine Biscuits division. Cheez-Its were introduced in 1921 by the Green and Green company of Dayton, Ohio, and through a series of corporate mergers, the brand was acquired by the Sunshine subdivision of Keebler Company in 1996. Keebler, in turn, was acquired by Kellogg in 2001.
- Goldfish are fish-shaped cheese crackers manufactured by Pepperidge Farm, a division of the Campbell Soup Company.[18]
- Cheese cracker brands
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Original-flavor Mini Cheddars at left and BBQ flavor (right)
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Regular Cheez-It crackers
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See also
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References
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External links
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