Cheese Nips - Wikipedia

Cheese-flavored cracker Cheese Nips

Product type	Cracker
Owner	Mondelez International
Country	U.S.
Introduced	1955
Discontinued	2020; 5 years ago (2020)
Previous owners	Nabisco

Cheese Nips (originally stylized as "Cheese-Nips") was a small cheese-flavored cracker[1] manufactured by Mondelez International under its brand, Nabisco. They were originally used to compete against Sunshine Biscuits (now Kellogg's) Cheez-It crackers. Though similar in appearance to Cheez-It, Cheese Nips had a distinctly different flavor and texture.

Portion-controlled packages of Cheese Nips were also sold under the name Cheese Nips Thin Crisps 100 Calorie Packs (Thinsations in Canada).[2]

History

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Cheese Nips, originally stylized as "Cheese-Nips", were introduced in 1955.[1] After the Kraft merger, they were known as "Kraft Cheese Nips". However, on November 21, 2019, there was a recall on Cheese Nips due to plastic contamination.[3] As of 2020, Cheese Nips have since been discontinued according to a Nabisco representative.[4] They are still sold in Canada by a brand named "Christie" as "Ritz Cheese Nibs" as of 2022, however.[5][6]

In popular culture

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Cheese Nips is the name of Act 1 Track 8 of the off-Broadway musical Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater.[7] In this satire, Sylvia becomes deranged watching her guests prefer Cheese Nips to her other food preparation.[8]

Statista calculates that in 2016, 1.5 million Americans consumed eight or more bags of Cheese Nips.[9]

See also

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• Cheese cracker
• Cheez-It

References

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1. ^ a b Myers, Dan (February 28, 2017), "Surprising facts about your favorite snack food brands", Fox News, retrieved 2017-10-22, Cheez-its debuted in 1921 and...today they're made by Sunshine Biscuits, which is owned by Kellogg. Nabisco, owned by Kraft, released their own version in 1955 called Cheese Nips.
2. ^ Product Specific Archived November 5, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ Nabisco Recalls 11-Ounce Boxes of Cheese Nips Over Plastic Contaminaton, 21 November 2019, retrieved 2022-02-24
4. ^ "[Beta64 Live] Phone stream! - Calling Nabisco #SaveCheeseNips". YouTube. 25 January 2021.
5. ^ General Mills. "Christie Cheese Nips Cheddar Baked Snack Crackers, 1 Box (200g)". Amazon. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
6. ^ "Amazon.com: Christie Ritz Cheese Nips Crackers, 200g/7.1oz {Imported from Canada}". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
7. ^ McPhee, Ryan (July 7, 2017), "Release Date Set for Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater Album, Featuring Santino Fontana", Playbill, retrieved 2017-10-22
8. ^ Isherwood, Charles (July 28, 2016), "Review: A Vonnegut Madman Tangled in Thickets of Dark Satire", New York Times, retrieved 2017-10-22, All they want to eat is Cheese Nips, while stuffing the silver in their handbags.
9. ^ Bags of Nabisco Kraft Cheese Nips crackers eaten in the U.S. 2016, retrieved 2017-10-22, The data has been calculated by Statista based on the U.S. Census data and Simmons National Consumer Survey (NHCS).

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