No, I want CHEESE darnit!!

So I was randomly checking my GMail when I spied a Google Ads link to a food service ingredients site that sells things like ready made roux, flavor enhancers and what not.

I’m not so naive to think that all restaurants make their own roux or stock. That requires manpower and manpower requires money and let’s face it — restaurants that I can afford to eat at likely can’t afford all that manpower.

I can maybe understand taking certain shortcuts with stock and such. No different than the home cook that uses bullion, really. No, it is not ideal — all that salt! — but not every home cook has the time nor inclination to make their own stock.

However, this particular product just made me go “…”

CheezMaxTM is a revolutionary new dairy product replacing up to15-20% of mozzarella cheese on pizzas. This product is made with whole milk, and has less fat than mozzarella cheese. It is synergistic with cheese, and actually binds with existing cheese to give the appearance of more cheese – while increasing hold time.

It has applications in fresh, refrigerated and frozen pizza, and can be custom formulated to meet specific cheese flavor profiles. It can also be utilized in other applications such as enrobed cheese products.

CheezMaxTM has a potential of up to 30% savings over current cheese cost.

From the CF Chef’s Ingredients website

In two words – “F*ckin’ euw.”

But cheese replacement? Um, no, dammit. I’m paying for cheese on my pizza, stromboli, calzone, whatever. (And I usually get extra cheese!) So guess what I want? I want cheese. I don’t want whatever they’re cutting the damned cheese to improve the damned bottom line.

I’m not so granola minded that I think everyone should eat whole, unprocessed foods. (And certainly not Whole Foods. I can’t afford to even step on their grounds much less afford their food.) Mind you, I try to eat and feed my family as few processed foods as possible, more out of frugality than anything else. But the realization of how overly processed restaurant food is makes me think twice, if not three or four times, about eating out. If I go through so much effort to avoid processed foods at home, why would I go out to eat it and pay a premium to do so? YUCK!

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