Have I been wasting my time with low fat cream cheese?
Have I been wasting my time with low fat cream cheese?
by MajorInsanity
13 Comments
Pure-Fishing-3350
Cheese is the one thing I never compromise!
OutrageousOwls
Cheese is an easy way to obtain calcium. Lots of people aren’t getting enough calcium these days 🙂
Booyah_7
Regular “whipped” is also very good and has fewer calories. I like it because I can have more to spread around.
Glittering_Oranges
One is 80cal/31g the other is 70cal/28g.
We will need someone with some good math skills to help solve if this is the *same* or what’s the difference.. this hurts my brain to think about.
Cokezerowh0re
If you compare the weights of a serving it’s crazy how little difference it makes. Full fat per 31g is 80 cals, reduced fat per 31g is 78 calories. I’d defo stick to full fat!
aryablindgirl
I grew up eating Neufchâtel (the reduced fat) and genuinely prefer it but there’s not a big calorie difference.
Sl1z
I think the ones that come in the tub are slightly watered down to make it easier to spread. The tub version, regular is 80cal and low fat is 60cal. The brick version, regular is 90cal and low fat is 70cal. As others have pointed out, the serving size is slightly different too (probably to account for those extra grams of water in the tub version)
naturallykurious
Dang I was compromising like this too. Going back to full fat now
rpizl
Neufchatel (the 1/3 less fat) is just a different kind of cream cheese not necessarily a low-fat version of regular. Either one is fine! There’s not much of a difference. Besides nuef, I never buy lower fat dairy myself. You can use less of the real thing and it’s so much more satisfying.
ValPrism
Yeah. Eating the full cream cheese is already calorie friendly, without the manipulation!
jzarsal
I think you need to compare tub-to-tub or brick-to-brick — one is just a “cream cheese SPREAD” so likely lower cal 🙂
teanailpolish
As others have said, the brick vs tubs are different even in the full fat versions. But tub versions of light cream cheese are about 60 cal for 2tbsp here and the Organic Meadow one only 50cals for 30g
Janeeee811
For the block of Philadelphia cream cheese, it is 100 calories for 1/8 of the package, and for Philadelphia Neufchâtel cream cheese it is 70 calories for 1/8 of the package. I can’t really taste much of a difference so the 30’calorie per serving reduction is worth it for me.
Especially if I am using it in a dip or something- the block is only 560 compared to 800.🤷♀️
13 Comments
Cheese is the one thing I never compromise!
Cheese is an easy way to obtain calcium. Lots of people aren’t getting enough calcium these days 🙂
Regular “whipped” is also very good and has fewer calories. I like it because I can have more to spread around.
One is 80cal/31g the other is 70cal/28g.
We will need someone with some good math skills to help solve if this is the *same* or what’s the difference.. this hurts my brain to think about.
If you compare the weights of a serving it’s crazy how little difference it makes. Full fat per 31g is 80 cals, reduced fat per 31g is 78 calories. I’d defo stick to full fat!
I grew up eating Neufchâtel (the reduced fat) and genuinely prefer it but there’s not a big calorie difference.
I think the ones that come in the tub are slightly watered down to make it easier to spread. The tub version, regular is 80cal and low fat is 60cal. The brick version, regular is 90cal and low fat is 70cal. As others have pointed out, the serving size is slightly different too (probably to account for those extra grams of water in the tub version)
Dang I was compromising like this too. Going back to full fat now
Neufchatel (the 1/3 less fat) is just a different kind of cream cheese not necessarily a low-fat version of regular. Either one is fine! There’s not much of a difference. Besides nuef, I never buy lower fat dairy myself. You can use less of the real thing and it’s so much more satisfying.
Yeah. Eating the full cream cheese is already calorie friendly, without the manipulation!
I think you need to compare tub-to-tub or brick-to-brick — one is just a “cream cheese SPREAD” so likely lower cal 🙂
As others have said, the brick vs tubs are different even in the full fat versions. But tub versions of light cream cheese are about 60 cal for 2tbsp here and the Organic Meadow one only 50cals for 30g
For the block of Philadelphia cream cheese, it is 100 calories for 1/8 of the package, and for Philadelphia Neufchâtel cream cheese it is 70 calories for 1/8 of the package. I can’t really taste much of a difference so the 30’calorie per serving reduction is worth it for me.
Especially if I am using it in a dip or something- the block is only 560 compared to 800.🤷♀️