American string cheese is processed mozzarella made with cow's milk and vacuum-sealed in single-serving wrappers. String cheese from Slovakia and Armenia are made with sheep's milk and added seeds and spices.
Calories
American supermarkets carry a variety of string cheese products including light, 2-percent, reduced fat, part skim and more. One stick, which is equivalent to a serving, ranges from 50 calories to 70 calories.
Ingredients
String cheese contains reduced fat, low fat or part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, vinegar and enzymes. Commercial low-fat string cheese products have about 2.5 to 5 g of fat and 10 to 15 mg of cholesterol per serving. The American Heart Association reports that you should limit your total fat intake to between 56 and 78 g, and cholesterol intake to less than 300 mg daily.
Facts
The AHA explains that food labels that read "fat free" are required to have less than 0.5 g of fat. Foods with "low fat" labels are required to have 3 g of fat or less. Those that have "reduced fat" labels are required to have at least 25-percent less than the regular version of that product.
Member Comments