"Consumers are looking for food and snacks to spice up their day and add a little adventure to mealtime," said Erin Price, Sargento general manager of consumer products. "With the new Sargento Hot & Spicy Sliced Cheeses and Balanced Breaks Cheese + Crunch Mixes, we're giving them easier ways to explore their favorite trending flavors, whether they're sitting down at home or on the go. All while living up to our family promise of delivering high-quality, real, natural cheese they can trust."

New sliced cheeses include:

• Sargento Mango Habanero Jack: Sliced Monterey Jack Cheese with Habanero Peppers and Natural Mango Flavor with Other Natural Flavors. A unique blend of sweet and spicy, offering a tropical twist. Switch up your next grilled cheese or add it to a chicken bacon wrap to bring some much-needed spice to your life.
• Sargento Smoky Hot Colby-Jack Sliced Cheese: Delivers a rich, smoky heat that perfectly complements hearty dishes. Try it on a grilled onion cheeseburger or a smoky BLTC to make every bite an adventure.
• Sargento Carolina Reaper Jack: Sliced Monterey Jack Cheese with Jalapeno, Habanero, and Carolina Reaper Peppers. Packs an elevated, fiery punch. Bring the heat on a hot fried chicken sandwich or try it on a cold Italian sub. Each slice will wake up your taste buds with a hot, spicy kick.

Of course, every slice is always Sargento 100% real, natural cheese.  Choose your favorite type of heat and add to any sandwich, burger, panini, or wrap.

Sargento Balanced Breaks Cheese + Crunch Mixes are a groundbreaking expansion of the award-winning Balanced Breaks snacks portfolio. 

This first-of-its-kind snack pack seamlessly pairs Sargento high quality, creamy natural cheese with expertly seasoned crunchy snack mixes covering consumers' top flavor preferences across Buffalo Ranch, Naturally Flavored Sour Cream & Chive, and Smoky & Sweet BBQ.

• Sargento Balanced Breaks Cheese + Crunch Mix, Monterey Jack Cheese, Buffalo Ranch Snack Mix: Boldness that delivers a balance of spiciness and great creamy flavor. Includes Monterey jack paired with Buffalo Ranch seasoned snack mix of pretzels, roasted cashews, corn sticks toasted in bread chips, and pita chips.
• Sargento Balanced Breaks Cheese + Crunch Mix, Medium Cheddar Cheese, Naturally Flavored Sour Cream & Chive Snack Mix: Classic go-to flavor with natural cheese and snack mix. Includes medium cheddar paired with pretzels, roasted almonds, toasted bread chips, rye chips, and breadsticks.
• Sargento Balanced Breaks Cheese + Crunch Mix, Colby-Jack Cheese, Smoky & Sweet BBQ Snack Mix: Rich, balanced notes of smoky heat and sweet crunchy textures for a perfect BBQ fix. Includes Colby-Jack paired with pretzels, roasted cashews, toasted bread chips, corn sticks, and corn kernels.

With seven to eight grams of protein in each pack, it is a convenient way to satisfy salty snack cravings while getting protein on the go. Having a balance of tastes, seasonings, and textures in a convenient snack helps avoid boredom to create uniquely craveable combinations.

Each new product can be found at select retailers in the dairy case and will be available nationwide by Spring.

About Sargento
With over 2,500 employees and multi-billion in net sales, Sargento is a family-owned company that has been a leader in cheese for more than 70 years. Founded in 1953 in Plymouth, Wisconsin, Sargento is proud to be the company that successfully introduced America to pre-packaged sliced and shredded natural cheeses and cheese blends. Today, Sargento is still based in Wisconsin, where they manufacture and market amazing shredded, sliced and snack natural cheese products, as well as ingredients. Company leadership lives to serve local communities and employees, whom they refer to as the Sargento Family.