Philadelphia’s spreading win in cream cheese ratings
Is there anything better than mac and cheese? Yes, mac and cheese with extra cream cheese of course! While it may not come in as many forms as mozzarella or parmesan, for example, cream cheese is more versatile in the sense that it can be added to both savoury and sweet plates. Try adding some to your banana bread next time and see for yourself. But with so many brands of cream cheese available at the supermarkets, how do you know which strikes the right balance between taste and value?
To find out, Canstar Blue surveyed more than 200 Aussie consumers for their feedback on any store-bought cream cheese that they’ve consumed in the last three months. Survey respondents rated brands on taste, packaging design, value for money and overall satisfaction. Those which met the minimum required survey sample size of 30 responses are featured in our results.
In our first ever cream cheese review, Philadelphia laid it on thick and earned five stars in most categories, including taste, packaging design and overall satisfaction. It achieved a respectable four stars for value for money.
Best Cream Cheese

Here are the best cream cheese brands in Australia, as rated by consumers in Canstar Blue’s inaugural review:
- Philadelphia
- Coles
- Woolworths
Philadelphia achieved an almost perfect five-star streak across the (cheese) board, scoring full marks for taste, packaging design and overall satisfaction, with four stars for value. Supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths managed to get an edge over our inaugural winner by achieving five stars in the bang for your buck category, but finished on four stars and three stars for overall satisfaction respectively.
About the winner ─ Philadelphia

With packaging that resembles something delivered from the dairy heavens, Philadelphia offers both spreadable cream cheese tubs and blocks. The spreadable varieties are available in four packs of 130g snack tubs and regular 230g and 250g tubs, while the block versions come in 250g packs. Lactose-free options are available, in addition to flavoured cream cheese, cream cheese icing, and cream cheese for cooking. Philadelphia cream cheese products usually cost $3.30 to $4.30 in most supermarkets.
About the author of this page

This report was written by Canstar Blue’s home & lifestyle journalist, Tahnee-Jae Lopez-Vito. She’s an expert on household appliances, grooming products and all things grocery and shopping. In addition to translating our expert research into consumer-friendly ratings reports, Tahnee spends her time helping consumers make better-informed purchase decisions on all manner of consumer goods and services, while highlighting the best deals and anything you need to be aware of.
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