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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
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> 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!

No need to copy from sources. Hope you didn't miss where I said :
"Without doubt the rate of lactose intolerance is higher than in other parts
of the world."

If you're "Asian" as you say then surely you are aware that the term
encompasses the largest
land area in the world with many many differing peoples and cultures and
very few simple generalizations
cover such a large forced grouping. In Japan, which "westernized" in the
late 1800s milk and dairy products
were not only just introduced but actually industries created for
production. In other words milk has been around
far longer than post WWII. Other nations all differ in their degrees of
exposure and acceptance of dairy products
into their daily lifestyles. Even then, the East Asian nations such as
Japan. Korea, China certainly have the highest
relative intolerance but many central asian, even Mongols have a tradition
of drinking and using milk (usually from
sheep or horses). I agree with you that today, the market for milk does
cater to mostly to the younger people
as the old folks didn't grow up with the habit, and that is evident in the
average height increasing year by year among
young people. On the other hand, we all know the extent of fat in milk and
obesity seems also to be slowly creeping
up on Asian countries. But I don't think there are enough "non-Asians"
living in Asia to justify the scope of available
milk amd dairy products in supermarkets in Asian countries.