Cheez-It

Cheez-It

Product type	Cracker
Owner	Kellogg Company (Sunshine Biscuits)
Introduced	1920
Previous owners	Green & Green Company (1919) Keebler Company (1996)
Website	www.cheez-it.com/

Cheez-It is a cracker manufactured by the Kellogg Company through the Sunshine Biscuits division. They are roughly 26 by 24 mm (1.0 by 0.95 inch) rectangular crackers made with wheat flour, vegetable oil, sharp cheddar cheese, salt, and spices. The product was introduced in 1921 by the Green and Green company of Dayton Ohio; a series of corporate acquisitions made Cheez-It the property of the Keebler Company in 1996, of which Sunshine Brands is a lower division. Keebler, in turn, was acquired by the Kellogg Company in 2001.

Ingredients

• Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate (vitamin B1), riboflavin (vitamin B₂), folic acid)
• vegetable oil (cottonseed, palm, sunflower and/or soybean oil with TBHQ for freshness)
• skim milk cheese (skim milk, whey protein, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto extract color)
• salt
• paprika
• yeast
• paprika oleoresin (for color)
• soy lecithin
• real cheese

Cheez-Its are kosher.

Nutrition Facts

Regular Cheez-It crackers.

For the original cheddar cheese Cheez-Its, each serving of 30 grams (about 27 crackers) contains:

• 150 calories
• 8 grams of total fat
• 2 grams of saturated fat
• 0 grams of cholesterol
• 230 milligrams of sodium
• 17 grams of total carbohydrates
• Less than 1 gram (but listed as 3% DV) of total dietary fiber
• 3 grams of protein
• 0 grams of sugar

Types

There are a variety of related Cheez-It products including

• Baby Swiss
• White Cheddar
• Cheddar Jack
• Pepper Jack
• Italian Four Cheese
• Reduced Fat
• Snack Mix
• Snack Mix Double Cheese
• Hot & Spicy (made with Tabasco)/Atomic
• Mozzarella
• Provolone (With Real Hickory Smoke Flavor Added)
• Duoz Sharp Cheddar & Parmesan
• Scrabble Junior
• Cheddar Jack
• Whole Grain
• Zesty Cheddar Ranch and Sharp White Cheddar Grooves
• Cheddar Cheese and Hot & Spicy Crunch'd
• Cheez-It Big (a larger cracker more suitable for garnishing or dipping)
• Colby
• Extra Toasty

Discontinued

• Parmesan & Garlic
• Asiago
• Romano
• Duoz Smoked Cheddar & Monterey Jack

References

http://www.cheez-it.com/favorite-finder.aspx

External links

• Official Cheez-It website