Cream cheese
Cheese
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Cream cheese is a fresh, unripened soft cheese made from milk enriched with cream, set into a smooth, spreadable mass. Mild, milky and gently tangy with a high fat content, it is eaten cold as a spread, whipped into frostings and dips, and baked into cheesecake.
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Dense, smooth, white, clean tangMould or tint, gassy, plainly off
Opened, kept coldEveryday bestThe tang is by design: it is cultured. Pasteurised cream cheese (US law) is fine in pregnancy and for other at-risk groups; raw-milk farmhouse is not.
Pack and dateOpened a few days, resealed and chilled
The cut faceWhite, the exposed face a little dry
Under the knifeSmooth, only a faint grain if once frozen
SmellMilky, the tang a shade sharper