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48 Cheesy Innovations

From Poutine Eating Competitions to Nacho Lip Balm

— August 15, 2010 — Lifestyle
Cheese just may be the perfect food. You can eat it as breakfast, lunch, dinner or a snack. These cheesy innovations are of the delicious variety -- well, for the most part. A couple of the cheesy innovations featured here aren't edible, like the cheese grater room dividers. We also serve up some extreme cheese-infused innovations, like pizzas topped with hamburgers and fries. From poutine eating competitions to nacho lip balm, enjoy.

Implications - Consumers in modern society are looking for products that feature their favorite ingredient. Items that cater specifically to a shopper's tastes are appealing to those who want their ideal food at all times.
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Sleek Cheese-Cutters
Sleek Cheese-Cutters
La Via Lattea Cheese Knives From Alessi Come in 5 Different Designs
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Mozzarella Bars
Mozzarella Bars
Obikà in Manhattan
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46
Cheesy Cosmetics
Cheesy Cosmetics
Nacho Lip Balm is for Hardcore Cheeseheads
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45
Mexi-Jewish Food Combos
Mexi-Jewish Food Combos
Nachos and Latkes Come Together to Create Latkchos
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44
Highbrow Processed Cheese
Highbrow Processed Cheese
Eric Ripert Reveals Kitchen Secrets from Le Bernardin
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43
Colossal Crowdsourcing Fails
Colossal Crowdsourcing Fails
Kraft Abandons Vegemite iSnack 2.0 Name
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42
Instant Pizza
Instant Pizza
Natural High Pizza Toppings Add Alternative Meals to Camper Diets
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41
Cheesy New Site Stinks
Cheesy New Site Stinks
44lbs of Cheddar Entertains Thousands
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40
Colossal Cheese Crowns
Colossal Cheese Crowns
Tanys Pullin's Massive Cheese Sculpture May Set the World Record
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39
Footlong Cheesburgers
Footlong Cheesburgers
Carl's Jr. Combines the Beefiness of a Burger With the Length of a Sub
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38
Country-Specific Sandwiches
Country-Specific Sandwiches
The McItaly Big Mac Draws the Ire of Italians
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37
Ironic Cheese Ads
Ironic Cheese Ads
Boursin Love Story Ends With an Untimely Combine Harvester
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36
Vampire Value Meals
Vampire Value Meals
Burger King's Adult Fun Meal Includes 'New Moon' Trading Cards
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35
2 lb Egg Breakfasts
2 lb Egg Breakfasts
The Scrambler at Mickie's Challenges Gluttonous Meat Lovers
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34
Mac & Cheese Containers
Mac & Cheese Containers
Ran Lerner Designs Ingenious, Simple Yet Quirky Products
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33
Holy Cheese Snacks
Holy Cheese Snacks
'Cheesus' Found in Bag of Cheetos in Dallas
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32
Critter Cheese Graters
Critter Cheese Graters
The 'Scratch My Back' Predicts How We'll Dine in 2015
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31
Cheesy Therapy
Cheesy Therapy
Does the Puzzling Lindsey Vonn Topfen Cheese Remedy Actually Work?
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30
Underhanded Food Delivery
Underhanded Food Delivery
'Bread.Butter.Cheese' Does Business Through Text Messages
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29
Locust Pizza Topping
Locust Pizza Topping
Locust Pizzas are Becoming Popular in Australia
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28
CEO Food Sculptures
CEO Food Sculptures
The Steve Jobs Cheese Head Gives New Meaning to the Term 'Big Cheese'
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27
Grafitti-Friendly Serving Platters
Grafitti-Friendly Serving Platters
Natural Slate Cheese Board Lets You Label Your Goodies
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26
Canadian Eating Competitions
Canadian Eating Competitions
World Poutine Eating Championship Rewards Pigging Out
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25
Cheesy Crafts
Cheesy Crafts
Foodies Can Now Make Their Own Cheese Caves
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24
Triple-Sizing Snacks
Triple-Sizing Snacks
Frito-Lay's Giant Cheetos Are the Size of Golf Balls
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23
Rubik Sandwiches
Rubik Sandwiches
The Cubewich Lets Rubik's Cube Addicts Play With Meat
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22
Frog Leg Pizza
Frog Leg Pizza
The Controversial ‘Hopper' Pie
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21
Luminous Kitchen Gadgets
Luminous Kitchen Gadgets
Cheese Grater Light Puts Unused Apparatus to Work
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20
Reptilian Heart-Attack Foods
Reptilian Heart-Attack Foods
The Bacon Cheese Turtleburger May Run Away With Your Health
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19
Heart Attack Sandwiches
Heart Attack Sandwiches
The New Friendly's Grilled Cheese BurgerMelt will Clog Your Arteries
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18
4,800 Calorie Burgers
4,800 Calorie Burgers
Gargantuan 5lb Hamburger Wows Baseball Fans, Clogs Arteries
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17
Liquified Rotten Cheese
Liquified Rotten Cheese
Blue Stilton Milk Shake
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16
Swiss Cheese Phone Cases
Swiss Cheese Phone Cases
The iPhone CheeseCase by Antjes Contains No Calories
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15
Hamburger Cakes
Hamburger Cakes
The Whopper Wedding Burger
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14
Patriotic Pizza
Patriotic Pizza
Bizarre Stars & Stripes Tributes
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13
Cheese Grater Room Divider
Cheese Grater Room Divider
More Upscaled Kitchen Objects
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12
Cheese Sculptures
Cheese Sculptures
Eco-Friendly Edible Art
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11
Fat Burgers
Fat Burgers
The 24 Ounce Quadruple C With 1/2 a Pound of Cheese and Bacon
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10
Mobile Niche Foods
Mobile Niche Foods
The Grilled Cheese Truck Looks Delicious and Smells Better
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9
Donut Hamburgers
Donut Hamburgers
The Luther Burger
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8
Edible Appendages
Edible Appendages
The Meat Hand is Made Out of Meatloaf and Tastes Delicious
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7
Cheese Made of Breast Milk
Cheese Made of Breast Milk
Human Cheese
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6
Canned Cheeseburger
Canned Cheeseburger
Junk Food With 12 Month Shelf Life
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5
Science Of Bad Pizza Toppings
Science Of Bad Pizza Toppings
The Onion Research Project
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4
Fast Food Pizza Toppings
Fast Food Pizza Toppings
The American Pizza Uses Hamburgers and Fries as Delicious Toppings
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3
Bacon Breakfast Cones
Bacon Breakfast Cones
The Bacone is Sure to Start Your Day Off Right
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2
Cheese Grater Park Slides
Cheese Grater Park Slides
Bizarre Playgrounds as Art? Really?
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1
Cheeseburger Cupcakes
Cheeseburger Cupcakes
Make Your Favorite Dessert Into an Illusionary Dinner
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