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Dairyand dairy-free alternatives are probably part of your life in some way or another.

cheese milk and yogurt

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It makes appearances in sandwiches, smoothies, pastas, salads, and so, so much more.

Whatever youre eating, its not unlikely that dairy will make an appearance.

There are so many dairy products out there, its not automatically clear which ones are the best.

Arla Medium Cheddar Snack Cheese

And since it comes in tiny, individually packaged squares, it was practically invented for snacking.

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Best Swiss Cheese: Finlandia 7-oz.

They like it because its thick and sour in all the right ways.

Organic Valley Mozzarella Stringles Organic String Cheese

Here, the fruit flavor adds a nice contrast to the creamy cottage cheese.

As far as plain cream cheese flavors go, our editors say it it doesnt get better than this.

If you told someone it was the real deal, they might just believe you!

Finlandia 7 oz Swiss Premium Cheese Slices

And even though its skim milk, its super rich and satisfying.

The blend adds a rich nuttiness without adding sugar, one tester wrote.

Theres also no added sugar in this at all, and yet its still totally fabulous.

Good Culture LowFat Cottage Cheese Classic

Try flavoring it on your own with jams or syrups, or enjoy it as is.

), youll never notice that this creamy yogurt is actually the nonfat kind.

The organic blueberries blend into the yogurt so seamlessly that each spoonful is perfectly balanced.

Muuna Black Cherry Cottage Cheese

The fruit actually made the consistency more creamy and nice instead of watered down, wrote one person.

Organic Valley Neufchatel Cream Cheese

Arla Herbs  Spices Cream Cheese

Daiya Plain Cream Cheese

Eggland’s Best Organic HardCooked Peeled Eggs

Organic Valley Lowfat 1 Milk

Silk Unsweetened Almond and Coconut Blend

Icelandic Provisions Key Lime Skyr

So Delicious Unsweetened Vanilla

Chobani NonFat Plain Greek Yogurt

Stonyfield Organic 0 Fat Greek Yogurt