Cheese lovers, rejoice! Dubliner, America’s favorite Kerrygold cheese and the flagship of the Kerrygold brand, now comes in a reduced-fat version. Kerrygold Reduced Fat Dubliner delivers all the flavor of the original, full-fat Dubliner, for 30 fewer calories and 33% less fat per 1-ounce serving.
Dubliner, a proprietary cheese variety and Kerrygold’s best-seller in the U.S., is a cheese with complexity, enticing texture and heady aromas. It has a natural hint of sweetness, elements of a mature Cheddar, the deep, nutty taste of a Swiss and the piquant bite of an aged Parmesan. It is at once crumbly yet creamy with the aromas of fresh-baked bread layered with fresh buttermilk. The reduced-fat version is virtually indistinguishable from the original and avoids the plastic, waxy mouthfeel typical of reduced-fat cheeses.
Like all Kerrygold cheeses and butter, Reduced Fat Dubliner is made in Ireland with milk from grass-fed cows that are never given growth hormones. The cows are raised on small family farms; average herd size is 60.
“Our research shows that consumers are looking for healthy snacks and ways to lighten up their meals,” said Roisin Hennerty, Vice President of the Irish Dairy Board in the U.S. The Irish Dairy Board is the marketing and selling cooperative created by Ireland’s small dairy farmer co-ops and co-op creameries to export dairy products all over the world. “Adult snacking is very much on trend. Together, natural reduced-fat and light cheese comprise the fastest growing segment in the cheese category in the U.S.,” she added.