Buying cheese "Soviet traditions", the buyer expects from him the same qualities that he remembers from pre-perestroika times. A curd dessert was produced in the USSR, the basis of which was: cottage cheese, butter, sugar and chocolate.
What was he like?
Reviews about cheese "Soviet traditions" are different: from "very good" to "this is a consumer fraud." What do some customers like and what repels others?
According to the recollections of the sweet tooth of the 80s, the curd consistency of the product was very dense, and the chocolate “crust” was thick and firm, well-kept in shape. Current glazed curds can boast neither one nor the other. Nevertheless, the manufacturer tried to reproduce in the product that delicate unique taste of creamy vanilla, which was remembered from distant childhood. Externally, the cheese also resembles a delicious dessert from the past: it is produced in the form of a rectangular bar, wrapped in a “candy wrapper” with the image of a ruddy boy from the 50s.
Meets the standard
The brand name is encouraging that the quality of the dessert is no worse than the standard adopted in the Soviet food industry. Glazed curd cakes “Soviet Traditions” are made in accordance with GOST, not only the USSR, but modern - GOST R. This fact does not make the delicacy worse, but allows new ingredients in the product.
In the list of leaders among manufacturers of this type of dairy products, LLC Rostagrokompleks is listed first.
What's inside?
The composition of the cheese “Soviet traditions” is quite traditional: cottage cheese, butter, granulated sugar, vanilla extract and chocolate icing, the components of which are cocoa powder, vegetable fat (palm oil), soya lecithin as an emulsifier, sugar and vanilla flavor.
Everything is useful in moderation
The main element of the dessert is cottage cheese, it supplies protein to our body, which nourishes and increases muscles. The dairy product also has calcium, due to which the muscles can contract. Butter gives the body fat that is indispensable in metabolic processes and provides the body with energy. However, its excessive consumption provokes an excess of cholesterol. And in conjunction with granulated sugar, animal fat poses a threat to atherosclerosis. The fact is that sugar thins the walls of blood vessels, which facilitates the penetration of cholesterol into them, and leads to the formation of plaques. Sucrose is a generous source of carbohydrates for brain function, but with abnormal absorption it becomes dangerous. One cheese contains about three teaspoons of "white death". In each of the 6 varieties of glazed sweets, the composition varies depending on the properties of the additional ingredients.
Chocolate temptation
Appetizing “spacesuit”, in which the curd cheese filling “Soviet traditions” is enclosed, is a confectionery glaze. Its components also have a number of valuable properties, but with excess can harm.
It:
- cocoa - a treasury of vitamins and minerals that ensure health;
- lecithin - a material for the construction of cells, without which the body quickly ages;
- palm oil is a source of fat, the advantage of which is that it does not have cholesterol.
Varieties of cheese "Soviet traditions"
The company has developed a line of glazed curds:
- With vanilla, in a blue wrapper, 45 g, 26% fat, energy value 100 g = 420 kcal.
- With vanilla and creamy caramel flavor, in a yellow wrapper, 45 g, 26% fat, energy value 100 g = 417 kcal.
- With boiled natural milk, in a light brown wrapper, 45 g, 26% fat, energy value 100 g = 412 kcal.
- With vanilla, in a green wrap, 45 g, 5% fat, energy value 100 g = 288.3 kcal.
- "Potato", in a dark brown wrapper, 45 g, 20% fat, energy value 100 g = 413.2 kcal.
- Souffle, in a beige wrapper, 35 g, 15% fat, energy value 100 g = 379.2 kcal.
The subtleties of production
The mystery of making a sweet milk dessert involves several stages. First, cottage cheese is placed in the mixing machine, sugar added with vanilla, oil and orange fibers are added to improve the structure of the product. The composition is stirred for 10 minutes. The mixture is then cooked and pasteurized. After that, it is cooled and launched into the hopper of the molding device. The last stage is glazing in the appropriate apparatus and freezing at a temperature of -1 ° C. The finished product is packaged using a special conveyor. Thanks to modern technologies in the field of pressurized materials, cheese without preservatives is stored for 15 days, and in freezing - up to 60 days.
A bit of history
The fifties of the last century is the era of the mass appearance on the shelves of the USSR flavored cheeses. Dessert in a flash became popular. A delicate sweet delicacy melted on the tongue, the children enjoyed biting chocolate cottage cheese with pleasure. Soviet cheese was reminiscent of popsicle both in taste and in appearance. By the end of the 80s, dessert disappeared from sale, and a few years later returned in two versions - cocoa and vanilla. Today, there are several dozen items covered with chocolate curd bars - a favorite sweet in many countries of the world. There is even a Museum of glazed curds, where you can find out everything about a delicious dessert.