Polly-O Cheese, 2% String

Polly-O 2% String Cheese is a familiar refrigerated snack found in the dairy/snack cheese section of most American supermarkets, typically stacked near other individually wrapped string cheeses, snack mozzarella bites, yogurt tubes and deli-sliced lunch meats. The product is marketed as a portable, kid-friendly cheese stick — a small, individually wrapped cylinder of pasteurized part-skim milk cheese that touts “2% milk for 1/4 less fat,” 60 calories per stick, 7 g protein and claims like “natural cheese,” “no artificial flavors or preservatives,” and “good source of calcium.” You’ll see it in school-lunch aisles of grocery shopping lists, quick errands for after-school snacks, weekend picnic or road-trip coolers, and post-workout protein-focused grabs. Brand positioning leans on nostalgia and everyday practicality: Polly-O (a Kraft brand) evokes Italian-American cheesemaking roots while aiming at parents who want convenient, portion-controlled snacks for children and active adults. The label uses health-halo language — “natural,” “zero sugar,” “no artificial preservatives,” and a reduced-fat claim — but it is not organic and carries no organic certification. Processing context: this is a processed cheese product made from pasteurized part-skim milk with salt, vinegar, enzymes and fortified vitamin A; it’s made in a factory but contains a short, recognizable ingredient list. Sensory-wise the sticks are mildly milky and slightly salty, with a pliable, peelable, stringy texture that invites the ritual of pulling strings apart; the low-fat formulation yields a slightly firmer, less creamy bite than full-fat mozzarella. Packaged in thin plastic wrappers, they’re ideal for lunchboxes, snack breaks, and on-the-go bites.