{"id":1559398,"date":"2020-11-14T08:18:10","date_gmt":"2020-11-14T14:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/?p=1559398"},"modified":"2024-09-22T10:56:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T15:56:48","slug":"best-cream-cheese-brands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/best-cream-cheese-brands\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cream Cheese Brands You Should Be Buying, According to the Pros"},"content":{"rendered":"\"Test\r\n\r\nCream cheese<\/a> is one of those essential ingredients we keep in our fridges. Open up a package and you can easily turn it into the ultimate dip<\/a> for your next party, an elegant cheesecake<\/a> or served as-is for breakfast or brunch. But do you know what cream cheese brands are best for your cooking, baking and snacking?\r\n\r\nThat's where our Test Kitchen comes in. As professional cooks and bakers, we want to know what brands will make recipes really sing. Find out which options our pros loved most.\r\n

What Our Test Kitchen Looks for in a Great Cream Cheese<\/h2>\r\n[dam-video dam-id=\"49501\"]\r\n\r\nFor this test, we sampled seven of the most popular cream cheese brands in a blind tasting. These were all regular, plain cream cheese brands (no added flavors, no low-fat options). Our Test Kitchen crew sampled each brand with the following in mind:\r\n