Kraft Grate it Fresh Parmesan Cheese
How Fresh is It?
The concept sounds great. You have a block of parmesan cheese inside a container and a grater attached to the bottom of it. You turn it one way and viola; you have freshly grated cheese on your favorite dishes. For me, it wasn't so easy. The first time I tried Grate-It-Fresh, the cheese just barely came out. The shreds that did come out were small. I left it to stay out on the table for a bit thinking that maybe it was too cold and needed to warm up a bit to work better, but that didn't work either. After several attempts at using it over several different days, I decided to take it apart and see what was going on inside of it. I snapped the grater off the bottom and attached to it was a rod that went through the middle of the block of cheese , all the way to the other end of the container, with a stopper at the other end of the block of cheese. As the cheese was used, the stopper would move farther and farther down the container, to keep the cheese closer to the grater. It turns out that the reason my cheese was not grating properly was because the cheese was very dried out and hard about an inch up from the grater. I do not know how it got like this since the grater had a cover that is placed over it when it's not in use. Since I had already broken the rod that went through the middle of the cheese to continue pressing the cheese up to the grater when I opened the container, I decided to flip the block of cheese over. Now the end that was close to the grater was not dried out and looked fresher. Still, I had problems. The Grate-It-Fresh cheese was still only coming out in small, little shreds. I decided after all these tries that it just wasn't meant to be and threw the product away. It is a shame too because it cost close to $4.50 at the grocery store.
I contacted Kraft Foods about the faulty product and still have yet to hear from them. Hopefully not everyone has as bad of luck with this great concept as I did.
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22 Comments
Post a CommentYes! Please bring this product back! It is low in calories and sodium. Plus it tastes great.
I loved the Grate It Fresh Parmesan; as well as my family. It was very fresh and the grater worked fantastic.... Why would you discontinue a product that was so so good...Makes no sense...
We also have been attempting to buy additional Parmesean Cheese grater - Hannaford Stores in Maine have discontinued the, Please advise where we may purchase them now.
I just came across this sight because I am on the hunt for the kraft grate it fresh parmasean grater.... to my disapointment it%2527s been discontinued.... unbelievable%2521%2521%2521 i loved this product and all my friends were on the hunt to find it after they had it at my house...please please bring it back%2521%2521%2521
I love the grate-it-fresh and can't find it anywheres.Could you tell me where I can find it I live in N.H. area. Thanks
I loved this product also, went thru about one a week. With all the positive comments I can't believe it was discontinued. I am so disappointed.
I absolutely loved this product! So sorry to hear of it being discontinued. I wish someone else would market something like it!
I have 2 homes, one in Houston, TX and the other in Port Aransas, TX. I found this product at our local grocery store in Port A. I loved it sooo much that I went thru 3 in a 5 wk period. I asked why I couldn't find anymore and was told it was discontinued. I'm extremely disappointed in their decision and will purchase Frigo Parmesan in the future.
I used this produce and loved it. In fact that is why I am writting this because I was look for a place where I could purchase more of it. Unfortunately, I understand this Kraft stopped marketing this product. Sad Sad Sad Sad. I heard someone was something about mold.....well....I used it fast enough it would not of had a chance to mold. I hear about odors and people being sensative to this. Well....what can I say. There are a lot of cheeses that I dont like the smell of but they are great product. In a nutshell, I hope Kraft brings the product back. IF there were problems with the product, I hope they fix them and put the product back on the shelf. GOOOOOO KRAFT!!
We are deeply saddened that Kraft has discontinued this product. We absolutley loved it. We never had any storage problems. Even when we would purchase the product to "stockup", they were still as fresh as the day we bought them. We don't use a lot of Parm except on certain pasta dishes. My wife is very sensative to the odors from other canned Parmesan products that at times she has left the table to keep from vomiting. This was the only product she couldn't smell and yet it had all of the flavor I needed. As for convience, you don't have to clean a grater after each use and you don't have to handle the cheese possibly contaminating it. It was ready to go every time. Fantastic.....!
I strongly believe the Kraft marketing group just missed the boat again. So much for what they know. They really need to get a new and wider customer sample before they discontinue products as great as this.