On Mar 31, 5:49*am, "Musashi" > wrote:
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> On Mar 29, 6:32 pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
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> > Why is it that two of the biggest Asian grocers in town carry Cheez
> > Whiz? 2 types (regular and light), 2 sizes (large and larger), and
> > one cheaper knock-off brand.
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> > This has always baffled me. One store has a good 8 sqft of shelf
> > space devoted to Cheez Whiz, and the display always looks recently
> > picked over - as if several dozen people have already bought some
> > that day. It sits there right in between packages of pickled
> > diakon, miso paste, fried tofu, kimchi, and fake meat products.
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> > My only explanation that it's the only White food in the store. They
> > put it there just for the gringos who are baffled by all the other
> > weird shit on the shelves.
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> > Is there really any use or explanation for Cheez Whiz in Asian
> > cooking?
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> > -sw
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> Seems strange to have Cheez Whiz in an Asian market. *Most Asians are
> lactose intolerant.
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> Eddy
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> Some are some aren't. Without doubt the rate of lactose intolerance is
> higher than
> in other pats of the world. But if "Most" were intolerant there would be no
> market for any dairy
> products in Asian countries and they wouldn't be on supermarket shelves.
> Interstingly, Lactose Intolerance is actually default condition for Humans,
> the tolerance
> having developed originally in Central Asia and having spread predominantly
> westward since.
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From the American Gastroenterologial Association:

Close to 50 million American adults are lactose intolerant. Certain
ethnic and racial populations are more widely affected than others. As
many as 75 percent of all African-American, Jewish, Native American,
and Mexican adults, and 90 percent of Asian adults are lactose
intolerant. The condition is least common among people of northern
European descent.

I would think the market for dairy products in Asia may be to younger
people who have not developed lactose intolerance and to non Asians
living in Asia. I'm Asian and did not develop lactose intolerance
until about the age of 20. Soy milk is okay, but I do miss a big
glass of cold milk and a bunch of Oeros!