Cheese strings - whats wrong with them?

[chocolatekimmy]

Well I think theres lots wrong with them - texture, design, advertising etc. I try to avoid foods deliberately aimed at kids (paranoid), like dairylea dunker things, noddy yoghurts or barbie beans etc

I promise I have never bought them but I want to know why the ingredients is listed as 'cheese'.

What are they trying to hide
Are they worse nutritionally than cheddar or double gloucester?

[HeartOnMyGreensleeve]

I think most people's objections are down to a cultural suspicion of any orange foodstuff that behaves like string, and also a gut feeling that "they must have been Processed In A Very Strange Way"

They're not the worst though, are they, if they really are just cheese. I wouldn't buy them though. Normal cheese is nicer, cheaper and not at all alarming

[scampadoodle]

Yeah, I've wondered this. IMO they taste vile - & I'm not a fussy eater - but DS1 loves them when he has them at other peoples' houses.

[DimpledThighs]

don't like the whole playing with food aspect and the gimickiness.

[Carmenere]

Actually they are just cheese extruded in a similar way to mozzarella so not the worst but they are pretty bland and the texture is yucky. Fortunately dd doesn't like them.

[moondog]

Just cut a chunk of a big block of mousetrap special and save yer cash for more wine.

[jodee]

DS's uber-healthy lunch box is tarnished with a daily Cheestring! Have tried all the other varieties but nothing will do (yet he goes mad for my home-made extra mature cheese sauce!)

[3LoveHeartsAndNoMore]

info about cheese strings content:)

[nappyaddict]

the amount of times i have heard "oh they aren't bad for little jonny. they are 100% cheese" yes they are 100% cheese in the same way that those cheese slices are 100% cheese, but it is processed cheese!

saying that i do eat them myself from time to time

[twentypence]

The fact that it would be cheaper per kilo to eat something truly yummy (or even gold probably), and that they are overpackaged, and that cheese does not need to be stringy, and that they have been melted and reformed...

But for me it's mostly the price.