what's wrong with cheese strings?

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I know that cheese and string do not go together and that gives me a natural 'no way' attitude to this 'gotta dance' foodstuff.

but....

rationally - it is just cheese - I give them a piece of cheese as a snack and if they are more likely to eat it if it is this why not?

If it is right why does it feel so wrong?

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I object to food being turned into an overpackaged over priced plaything.

And if you taste one you will see it is actually formed from solidified sweat.

I can't prove that, but it is scientific fact.

They're somehow more 'wrong' than a babybel, although both are very processed.

I love them more than DS, although I do object to paying over the odds for lumps of cheese when I can just slice a bit of chedder.

we have a couple of packs in the fridge coz i eat them too however I do limit how much dd gets. Also waiting for an email back from them as I was a little concerned about the ingredients 100% cheese mmmmm not so sure coz they do taste quite salty, had no reply as yet

There is nothing actually 'wrong' with cheese strings. They are just cheese that has been stretched and folded in exactly the same process as mozzarella. They are high in fat as most cheese is and should only be given occasionally as with any high fat food.

However the aggressive and somewhat snide marketing is very off putting and they actually taste rank

TLV some cheeses do contain lots of salt- think about the taste of Feta for instance (Peachy wonders if she should refer to friend whose Mum runs a goat cheese company In scotlamnd then shakes her head and laughs at herself for almost getting so in depth about- cheese strings LOL)

ONe of the types of cheese strings contains colouring (can't remember which one, the cheddar one maybe?) but then so does some normal cheese.

I generally don't buy them as they are more expensive, babybel work out a bit cheaper, or I buy Edam which I tell dd is just a big babybel

I detest all cheese myself.

I buy them if they are on offer. Yes cheese is fatty so needs to be limited, but growing children need some fat in their diets. Cheese strings are a bit overly processed, but they are just cheese, so really, what's the harm? That is a rhetorical question, so please don't all start shouting at me for being an evil cheese string feeding mother now! x

DS is very partial to a large lump of extra mature cheddar. Cheese strings would be too bland for him (he's 13 months)

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From my point of view, whats right with it?

Would rather give a portion of much less processed stuff tbh - its cheaper.

Isn't saying 100% cheese the same as saying 100% cake? Cheese is an end product and not in any way a standard product with regulation ingredients. I always think when I hear that on the adverts. I don't give them to my kids because they feel wrong and I object to the way they market them.

LOL at Boco.
Lunchtime is hi-lite of DC school day, I don't mind including an edible toy in his lunchbox. Ingredients are "okay". Could be far, far worse. Packaging matters so much to them. Cooly wrapped lunchbox items increases street cred, too.

Too expensive to give cheese $s at home, mind.

I keep party bags from every party DS ever been to. Did you know if you put an apple in a party bag in the school lunch box, the odds that it will actually get eaten go up by 62%? I'm sure that's scientifically proven, too.

100% cake

lijkk thats interesting, the party bag thing.

DS2 is the only kid here who can eat cheese, and I cant either (DH can but funny about what- really just stilton). So I do buy babybel etc as they're indivusally wrapped, anything else dries out or is just too big to get used up, but I am trying to remember to buy the Yeo valley or Lil Moo ones when i can get them (not always here)