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Uncle Tobys LeSnak Tasty Cheese | Chewsday Review

Uncle Tobys LeSnak has been a lunchbox staple for years. It says tasty cheese dip and crackers, but let’s take a closer look in today’s Chewsday Review to see how it really stacks up in the nutrition department…

Ingredients

Cheese Spread [Cheddar Cheese (47%)(milk, salt, starter culture), water, margarine (vegetable oils, water, salt, milk solids, emulsifiers [soy lecithin, 471], antioxidants [304, 307b]), whey powder (milk), flavour (milk), milk mineral, mineral salts (339, 452), preservative (234)]. This basically means that the spread is half cheese, half margarine.
Cracker [wheat flour, vegetable fats and oils (antioxidants [307, 307b]), wholemeal wheat flour, sugar, wheat bran, invert syrup, salt, raising agents (503, 500), poppy seeds, wheat germ].
The emulsifiers within the cheese spread help to keep its texture smooth and consistent
Antioxidants (304, 307, 307b) and a preservative (234) keep the product shelf stable, meaning it does not require refrigeration to stay fresh.
Common allergens include: milk, soy, wheat. May be present (according to label): egg, tree nuts, peanuts.

Positives

A decent source of calcium, with 101mg per serve. That’s around 20% of a toddler’s daily requirement and 14% of an older child’s calcium requirement for a day. As a comparison, 1 slice of cheese (20g) has about 150mg calcium.
Less saturated fat overall than a normal cheddar cheese, but keep in mind that the nutrition information for Le Snak includes both the cheese and biscuits together! Le Snak contains 11.7g saturated fat per 100g whilst cheddar cheese contains ~21g per serve.
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Negatives

Marketing

Alternatives