Tried and Tasted:
Low Calorie Mature Cheese

Cheese is one of the nation's favourite sandwich fillers - but more than that, cheese is an essential ingredient in so many recipes. With the average serving (1oz/30g) of mature cheddar cheese coming in at 123kcal and 10.3 g fat, we can see why Weight Loss Resources' members were requesting a tried and tasted comparison of low calorie cheese.

Always willing to oblige, the infamous WLR taste team got stuck into half fat / low fat versions of mature cheese, here's their verdict:

Lower Fat Mature Cheese Comparison:

Brand	Marks and Spencer Half Fat Mature Cheddar	Morrisons Eat Smart Half Fat Mature Cheese	Cathedral City Lighter Mature 30% Less Fat	Les Kol Half Fat Mature Cheddar	Weight Watchers Low Fat Mature Cheese
Overall Rating	WE LOVE IT
Comments	Strong and crumbly by far the tastiest and best texture	Not very strong for a mature cheese but pretty tasty	A great 'Mature yet mellow' alternative to full fat cheese	Rubbery with an unusual fruity smell and taste. Hard to swallow	Hard and  rubbery with an unpleasant flavour
Appearance	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
Smell	Strong	Good	Good	Fruity	Unpleasant
Taste	Strong	Nice	Nice	Unpleasant	Unpleasant
Texture	Crumbly	Smooth	Smooth	Rubbery	Rubbery
Serving Size	30g	30g	30g	30g	30g
Calories per serving(kcal)	83	78	93	84	49
Fat per serving(g)	5.1	4.5	6.5	5.0	0.7
Calories per  100g	277	259	311	280	166
Fat per 100g	17.0	15	21.8	16.8	2.3

Conclusion

M&S have not only produced the best tasting lower calorie mature cheese - but they also beat brand leader, Cathedral City's 'Lighter' addition to their range on calories and fat too!

Having said that, both Cathedral City Lighter and Morrisons Eat Smart would make a good lower calorie alternative to mature cheese.

Les Kol is to be avoided.

And finally, Weight Watchers proved that there is a limit to how far you can reduce the fat and calorie content of cheese. By reducing the calorie and fat content of cheese so dramatically, they have in fact produced an artificial, inedible substance that cannot be called cheese!

Guide to Our Ratings:
= Outstanding | = Very Good
= Good | = Ok | = Bad

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