Popular Post ravip Posted June 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2023 I was just checking the price of Cheese and realised how extraorinarily expensive it is in Thailand compared to the USA. Is it all due to local taxes or what? Just for a comparison, I show below the price at Walmart and Lazada. 1 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Don Chance Posted June 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2023 Thai's are lactose intolerant. No market for cheese or diary products. Notice those soya carts everywhere. 3 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy one Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Start adding up the cost of ALL the transport to get it here then add the taxes. You think its all free 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sigma6 Posted June 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2023 Plastic cheese is available all all supermarkets for a similar price to the US version. Real cheese, on the other hand, is expensive. Imported and relatively low demand. That Lazada advert has no reviews for a reason. This is from Lotusss'ss's 10 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JustAnotherHun Posted June 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2023 (edited) It has to do with lactose intolerance and the relatively low demand. Real -imported! - cheese is highly taxed like other imported food. Just look how much you pay here for italien Salami or apples from NZ. Cheese is not different. BTW: Please don't call this Kraft-crap "cheese". It's junk. If you want cheese, buy imported from France, Switzerland or Italy. Edited June 2, 2023 by JustAnotherHun 6 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mintyy Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 11 minutes ago, Don Chance said: Thai's are lactose intolerant. No market for cheese or diary products. Notice those soya carts everywhere. Why don't they make cheese using coconut milk? The vegan cheese here is a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post worgeordie Posted June 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2023 You took an extreme example from Lazada , they also have sellers of Heinz Beanz at over 600 Thb , when the real price here is around a 100 Thb , regards Worgeordie 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post n00dle Posted June 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2023 (edited) 31 minutes ago, ravip said: I was just checking the price of Cheese and realised how extraorinarily expensive it is in Thailand compared to the USA. Is it all due to local taxes or what? Just for a comparison, I show below the price at Walmart and Lazada. First of all, that is NOT cheese. Second, Lazada is not a fair indicator of the cost of imported foodstuffs, and the same product is available there for as low as 150 baht. Finally, Impoted food comes with a serious markup. Edited June 2, 2023 by n00dle 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00dle Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 5 minutes ago, Mintyy said: vegan cheese is a joke fixed that for ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Yoghurt is cheap. Have that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunLA Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 OP, that's not cheese, just a cheese product. Legally has to state that on package. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoFaster Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 (edited) https://myfermentedlife.com/kefir-cheese/ I was buying the New Zealand Mainland Vintage cheese until I discovered Milk Kefir and now I make the tastiest cheese . 1 liter of milk makes about 450 grams of cheese that I process with a couple of Jalapenos and its awesome. Will never buy commercial again. I still have 1 kilo of the Mainland in the fridge untouched for 6 months now. Plus drinking Kefir every night before bed has dramatically improved my sleep in both quality and time asleep. Edited June 2, 2023 by GoFaster Add Link 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed strong Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Lol that aint cheese!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post greeneking Posted June 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2023 16 minutes ago, Don Chance said: Thai's are lactose intolerant. No market for cheese or diary products. Notice those soya carts everywhere. I used to believe that. Until I saw the milky coffees, the fridges full of mik and fruit milk and probiotic milk deliveries and all the varieties of yogurt, the cream cakes and of course all the pizza shops. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lacessit Posted June 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2023 (edited) Imported cheese is expensive due to freight and taxes. Thai cheese is dreck. The Kraft brand is not real Australian cheese. King Island and Gippsland are where decent cheese is made. Edited June 2, 2023 by Lacessit 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Sigma6 said: Plastic cheese is available all all supermarkets for a similar price to the US version. Correct. The example from the OP makes no sense. Plastic cheese is not imported and available everywhere. What I call cheese (Swiss, French, Italian) is indeed expensive. I am happy to find a noname Gruyere (Swiss) at Friendship Pattaya for 1100/kilo. TOPS only has ridiculously expensive brand name product for 3500/kilo. Just one example... Fresh soft cheese at BigC has become crazy: a triangle of Brie (Casino) from about 170 to over 300 (for 200? gr). Most other soft cheeses are sealed plastic. Won't ripe to any taste. Recently bought a stinky Esrom (Denmark) for a mate at Friendship for 1600/kilo. And this type is very hard to find in Thailand. Edited June 2, 2023 by KhunBENQ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SAFETY FIRST Posted June 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2023 (edited) That's not cheese. It's processed crap. OMG, I didn't think adults ate that stuff. Edited June 2, 2023 by SAFETY FIRST 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr Meeseeks Posted June 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2023 Lot's of great cheeses at reasonable prices available at Siam Expat Foods and Siamburry's in Pattaya. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Just now, Mr Meeseeks said: Lot's of great cheeses at reasonable prices available at Siam Expat Foods and Siamburry's in Pattaya. Heard about and on the list for visit this month. So far Friendship was hard to beat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 i stopped eating cheese a few years ago, one because it's stupid expensive, two it's bad for you anyway 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SAFETY FIRST Posted June 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2023 4 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said: That's not cheese. It's processed crap. OMG, I didn't think adults ate that stuff. This is cheese 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 I dunno, if you want sliced soft cheese it's 2 slices for 19 baht in 711 - admittedly it helps if your not fancy on taste ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champers Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Anybody seen Dairylea triangles? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 (edited) 29 minutes ago, JustAnotherHun said: It has to do with lactose intolerance and the relatively low demand. Both my ladies at the breakfast table have become tolerant Daughter just stopped corn flakes with milk long ago. Not sure why. Edited June 2, 2023 by KhunBENQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherHun Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 2 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said: Both my ladies at the breakfast table have become tolerant Same here :-). There are still studies that in SEA-countries up to 97 percent of the adult population are intolerant. Newer studies doubt that. Me too. Again to cheese: In Pattaya in pre-covid times, a good place for imported cheese, salami, ham and fruit was the Central Food Store on Beach Road (run by Tops, I think). You got there excellent stuff from Europe, NZ and even Black Cod from Chile. Pricy, yes. But quality everywhere has it's price. Since than choice and quality went down, but it's still one of the better places in town. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchadian Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 This is real cheese currently on offer at Lotus's not the processed garbage.https://www.lotuss.com/en/search/mainland?sort=relevance:DESC 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post edwardandtubs Posted June 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2023 (edited) 30 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said: What I call cheese (Swiss, French, Italian) is indeed expensive. I agree with your sentiment but how could you exclude British cheese from that list? Stilton and mature cheddar are the best cheeses in the world. My strategy is to gorge on them when I'm back in the UK and then just put them out of my mind when I'm in Thailand. Edited June 2, 2023 by edwardandtubs 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brewsterbudgen Posted June 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2023 Decent cheese and halfway decent wine are just two things that have to be purchased, irrespective of the cost. I couldn't live without them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Being English I like a bit of Stilton OMG have you seen the price of it here? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChipButty Posted June 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2023 1 minute ago, brewsterbudgen said: Decent cheese and halfway decent wine are just two things that have to be purchased, irrespective of the cost. I couldn't live without them. Stilton and a bottle of Port and throw in some grapes, 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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