Cheddar cheese filling complements crusty bread wonderfully when it comes to hand-held snacks. In the past, cheese-filled items had to be cold-stored, but an innovative, bakeable, shelf-stable cheese filling, able to withstand industrial production, could soon find its way into products found in the convenience, cafeteria, snack cart, vending machine and other foodservice sectors.
When a crust is filled with conventional cheddar cheese and baked, the cheese may escape from the ends of the product. To solve this problem, researchers at Haarmann & Reimer, Teterboro, N.J., have created a cheese filling with a structure that does not run when heated, or crack the dough casing.