"Astoria", cheese sauce: manufacturer, reviews

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Of course, you can spend half an hour or more of your free time, conjure over the stove and make your own sauce for your favorite dishes. But modern man is so busy! Why not take advantage of the offers of various brands and buy a ready-made sauce? Mayonnaise, creamy and tomato sauces are produced by many concerns. And one of them is Astoria. Cheese sauce in her performance, we will consider today.

Who is Astoria and can she be trusted? Below you will find all the information about this manufacturer. Cheese sauce is not the only brainchild of the company, and we will introduce you to Astoria's product range. And what do consumers themselves say about sauces of this brand? We have analyzed the reviews and are ready to provide you with a brief digest for your review.

Astoria sauce: producer

What is hidden behind the mysterious abbreviation NMGK, which can be seen on every package of mayonnaise sauce products? This is no secret. It stands for simply: Nizhny Novgorod oil and fat plant. This joint-stock company produces not only branded sauces"Astoria". The list of its products includes Ryaba, Dobri and Nezhny mayonnaises, Hostess, Creamer, Znatin, Creamy homemade margarines, Kremlin and Lenten spreads, ketchup and tomato paste, seeds and nuts "Stepanovka", fish snacks "Away from Wives", jam "I love the holiday" and even baby soap and coconut oil.

Users highly appreciate the products of the Nizhny Novgorod Oil and Fat Plant, including Astoria sauces. Reviews characterize them as tasty, with a natural smell, as if cooked at home. Users also appreciated the extensive range of such sauces. You can choose the right gravy for each dish.

Astoria sauces. Overview

It is noteworthy that the manufacturer himself gives recommendations on the use of a particular gravy. Some sauces are called “For dumplings”, “Carbonara” (for the pasta of the same name), and also “Barbecue” (for grilled vegetables or meat).

On the back of the package, the manufacturer explains in detail the taste characteristics of gravy. And the picture itself shows which dishes this sauce is most suitable for.

It should be said that there are several types of sauces related to cheese, which are produced under the Astoria brand. Parmesan sauce will add a light, savory taste of spaghetti nuts, pizza, french fries and meat dishes. "Blue Cheese" has a tart taste of French blue cheese with mold. Such gravy will make an everyday dish festive. This sauce is versatile. It will also fitpasta, and with meat, and on sandwiches, and as a salad dressing.

Cheese Caesar has a narrower application. But, according to reviews, in addition to the salad of the same name, this sauce can be used with boiled potatoes, vegetables, canapes and spaghetti.

Mustard is suitable for sausages and sausages, sour cream with mushrooms for meat and potatoes, creamy garlic and "Tartar" for fish, "1000 Islands" for seafood, and "Onion with sour cream" for various side dishes ". If you are a fan of Mediterranean cuisine, choose Herbs.

Cheese sauce ("Astoria"): ingredients

Products of this brand go under the slogan "Restaurant at your home". The old product label showed a piece of cheese. But since the company considers it necessary to recommend their sauces to some dishes, the packaging has changed. It now features greens with cherry tomatoes, ham slices, and tagliatelle pasta.

But the manufacturer believes that the sauce can be used not only for salads, pasta and meat dishes. It will diversify your side dish of boiled or fried potatoes. From the composition written on the package, you can find out that the sauce contains real cheese, and not flavoring. This, of course, is reflected in the taste. Nothing reprehensible can be subtracted from other components. Yes, there are stabilizers, emulsifying s alt and carotene food coloring, which gives the sauce a nice yellow color.

It tastes like cheese. The flavor of the sauce is pleasant. The consistency is quite thick, like Provencal mayonnaise. It can beuse for sandwiches as well.

Packaging

It should be noted the convenience of packaging products of the Astoria line. Cheese sauce can be purchased in a small "portioned" pack of 25 grams, which the company supplies to fast food establishments. This packaging is called a dip-pot. Despite the small size, all the necessary information (composition, storage conditions and expiration date), albeit in tiny letters, is indicated on the membrane sealing the sauce.

More familiar to customers is another packaging of Astoria sauces. It's called doypack. The sauce is poured into a soft plastic bag with a dispenser. The product can be closed again with a screw cap.

The picture on the front side of the package is stylish, as the reviews say, "appetizing". Doypack packaging is popular with customers because the contents of the bag can be squeezed to the last drop, because the dispenser does not allow the sauce to spread on the outside and that it can be closed with a cap.

Taste characteristics of Astoria cheese sauces

These gravies are often compared by consumers to mayonnaise. They have a uniform consistency, pale yellow color. But the shade of cheese sauces is still more saturated than that of mayonnaise, and they are thicker. It only takes a spoon or two to top a bowl of salad.

How else can you characterize Astoria cheese sauce? The sauce tastes amazing. Creamy, tender, moderately spicy and very cheesy. This product is quite high-calorie, so those who are on a diet should notget involved with them. "Cheese Caesar", "Parmesan" and "Blue Cheese" also conquer gourmets with their taste characteristics. All these sauces seem to be made for all sorts of pastas. But they can be seasoned with salads, added to side dishes and hot main courses.

General product reviews

56 rubles for a pack of 233 grams - that's how much Astoria cheese sauce costs. Reviews refer to it as an inexpensive food. But at the same time, this sauce is very high quality. It contains real cheese, not flavors identical to the natural product. The sauce literally transforms the dishes. With it, even ordinary pasta, not the best sample, begins to look like Italian pasta.