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The Science of Salt, Fat and Cheese

John Lawn, Editor-in-Chief / Associate Publisher

August 8, 2012

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It's clearly a lot easier to take the cheese out of one's diet than to take the fat and salt out of cheese.  

For those who have ever wondered why a typical slice of American cheese contains twice the sodium as a similar slice of natural Cheddar, or why there isn't ever likely to be a low-fat blue cheese, check this informative article from the August 7, 2012 New York Times' Science Times: "Asked to Get Slim, Cheese Resists." 

About the Author

John Lawn

Editor-in-Chief / Associate Publisher, Food Management

John Lawn has served as editor-in-chief /associate publisher of Food Management since 1996. Prior to that, he was founding and chief editor of The Foodservice Distributor magazine, also a Penton Media publication. Arecognized authority on a wide range of foodservice issues, heis a frequent speaker to industry groupsand has been active in a broad range of industry associations for over two decades.

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