No more Liberté cream cheese
The story’s over local media that Liberté cream cheese is no longer being produced, even though it’s been a big favourite with bagel aficionados for years. And nobody seems to know why.
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Patrick 17:49 on 2022-08-26 Permalink
I think the CBC video explains it best by talking about the Jewish origin and distinguish taste compared to the Philadelphia branded cream cheese.
EmilyG 18:06 on 2022-08-26 Permalink
An Elegy for Liberté Cream Cheese
Taylor C. Noakes 20:53 on 2022-08-26 Permalink
whoa, I’m having a serious case of Mandela Effect here – was it not once called LaLiberté?
Kate 21:25 on 2022-08-26 Permalink
Nope, it was called Liberty originally, then francised to Liberté at some point. The logo’s been the same all along, and it was never LaLiberté. There’s no connection with anyone called Laliberté.
Ephraim 21:32 on 2022-08-26 Permalink
Nope. Always Liberty and then Liberté
CE 11:23 on 2022-08-27 Permalink
I eat Liberté cream cheese every day so I haven’t been too happy about this news. Does anyone know of a cream cheese that’s similar? there used to be another one that was almost the same that you could get at the bagel shops. I seem to remember it having a yellow label and came in the same sized tub as Liberté but quietly disappeared at some point.
walkerp 13:12 on 2022-08-27 Permalink
The superiority of the Liberty cheese is that it is light and fluffy with a texture towards cottage cheese compared to the denser, smoother traditional cream cheeses like Philadelphia.
steph 13:37 on 2022-08-27 Permalink
I’m with Taylor. Somehow I’m predesposed to calling it LaLiberté as well. Simply calling it Liberé just seems out of place.
Kate 17:27 on 2022-08-27 Permalink
CE, I’ll post if i hear of anything to replace it. I’m not a cream cheese aficionado myself so I have no idea what’s out there. I tend to associate Liberté with yogurt, mostly.
Ian 20:39 on 2022-08-27 Permalink
I recognize the importance of Liberté cream cheese to the Montreal Jewish community but I would be remiss in not mentioning that Skotidakis cream cheese has a very similar texture and is alive & well.
Patrick 10:54 on 2022-08-29 Permalink
@CE Western Cream Cheese https://www.google.com/search?q=western+cream+cheese
But it’s also no longer showing up on the parent company Gay Lea website.