2009 Reviewer
Rachel1919
Madison, FL

Tastes like canned tomato paste mixed w/way too much basil, YUCK

1 star rating

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Pros

    smooth, creamy & easy to spread

Cons
    too much tomato and basil

JUN
5
2009

I tried two of Philadelphia's newest cream cheese flavors. The first one I tried was the spinach and artichoke which I got a coupon for from Viewpoints. I was very happy with that product so I bought the sundried tomato and basil variety during my next visit to the grocery store. 

The sundried tomato and basil version was the worst flavor of cream cheese/dip I have tasted in my life I and I'll never try that again. The flavor was way too strong for my taste buds. It tastes just like canned tomato paste mixed with way too much basil and hardly any cream cheese. I cannot think of one thing that this version of cream cheese would taste good on. Unfortunately it went straight into the garbage can. In other words it is as if I did not get a tub for free after all. I am very disappointed.

So the Philadelphia Spinach and Artichoke is very good but the Sundried Tomato and Basil variety is the absolute worst. I don't know how Philadelphia can make one flavor so good and then one so horrible but they sure did it.

I don't think that I'll be trading my regular cream cheese in for this when it comes to bagels, but the spinach artichoke version is excellent on Ritz crackers.



I_thumb_down Kraft - Philadelphia Sundried Tomato and Basil Cream Cheese Spread is not recommended by Rachel1919

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Rachel1919 wrote on Jun 7, 2009 at 10:39PM

In response to bkovacs's comment from Jun 7, 2009 at 10:02PM:

I could not believe how many positive reviews this flavor got. I wasn't sure I was even allowed to tell the truth. It is refreshing to know that negative reviews were just as acceptable. It adds to the creditability of the site.

bkovacs wrote on Jun 7, 2009 at 10:02PM

Wow... thanks for the straight talk on this one! I'm a fussy eater, so I'll forget about this flavor.

--Bob