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Natural cheese comes in a variety of styles, flavors, and configurations to meet the demands of consumers and foodservice operators worldwide. Our natural cheeses are also available in multiple formats including shredded, chunks, sliced, string, and snack sizes.
Benefits and capabilities
- Flavor
- Natural cheese has vast flavor profiles and textures making it a recipe and menu mainstay. From spicy cheeses like pepper jack to aromatic flavors like gouda, natural cheese enhances the premium positioning of any application.
- Formats
- Natural cheese has a variety of formats across shredded, sliced, cubed, chunks, blocks, string, and snack sizes, making it a staple in every kitchen.
- Functionality
- Natural cheese is unique in that it spans both hot and cold applications. Flavors like Havarti, Swiss, and mozzarella are known for their melt. Cheddar cheese, gouda, and pepper jack are go-to snacking varieties. Hardy Italian cheeses like Parmesan are a terrific addition to pasta dishes and salads.
Performance
- Performance attributes
- Shredded
- Schreiber natural cheese shreds come in a variety of flavors, types, and blends, making menu items and at-home recipes easy to prepare and quick to garnish. This format also helps save on labor, cleanup, and waste.
- Slices
- Schreiber’s high-quality natural cheese slices come in a number of flavors, offering something for every palate in a convenient, ready-to-use format. Pre-slicing provides consistent portion sizes every time and cleanup is a breeze with this safe, hassle-free alternative.
- Chunks/Blocks
- Natural cheese chunks have endless applications and the block format allows for versatility such as shredding, slicing, or cubing. Schreiber offers a full line of these cheeses in a variety of flavors and pack sizes.
- String and Snack
- Natural cheese string and snack items come in a variety of flavors, styles, and configurations to make using this format easy and convenient.
- Shredded
Applications
- Shredded
- Natural cheese shreds can be used cold, broiled, oven-baked, or melted with direct heat. This is why they are heavily used as an ingredient at home and in foodservice as a topping on tacos, pizzas, and bread or for internal melts in omelets, hot dishes, and pasta.
- Slices
- Natural cheese slices can be used cold, broiled, or oven-baked making the product great for burgers, sandwiches, and wraps. Natural cheese slices appeal to the health-conscious audience and add a “healthy halo” to menu items and at-home dishes.
- Chunks/Blocks
- Loved for its versatility, chunk cheese is a staple in the foodservice industry and at-home kitchens. You’ll often find it being sliced for sandwiches and snacking, cubed for charcuterie boards, or shredded for an authentic fresh-made pizza.