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Everything to Know About Chipotle’s New Menu Item, Queso Blanco

Chipotle; it’s safe to say that they’re a leader when it comes to ordering and consuming fast casual food that in comparison to other restaurants, is affordable. In terms of new products launched by the company, they’ve recently come out with Queso Blanco for us all to try, and I’m here to share the details on it all.

The ABC’s of Queso Blanco

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Queso Blanco is the third new menu item that has completed Chipotle’s “stage-gate process,” which allows the company to test, listen to customer feedback, and iterate extensively before moving forward with a national launch. The new recipe uses 13 real ingredients, including aged Monterey Jack, white cheddar, and serrano, poblano and chipotle peppers, to create a smooth queso with just the right amount of spicy kick. As with all of Chipotle’s food, Queso Blanco is made with no artificial flavors, colors or preservatives. Beginning tomorrow, Queso Blanco will replace the current queso on the Chipotle menu.

“Feedback on Queso Blanco in the test markets (which include Dallas, Detroit and San Diego) exceeded our expectations and it quickly became clear that we needed to give all of our guests access to this delicious queso,” said Chris Brandt, Chief Marketing Officer at Chipotle. “Our culinary team perfected a recipe of real, responsibly sourced ingredients, helping to advance our mission of Cultivating a Better World.”

Since Chipotle has a new queso in town known as Queso Blanco, it’s time to head over to your local Chipotle to try it out for yourself before calling it juice like some people have done in the past with the original queso launch. 

Liz is a 25-year-old freelance writer that's based in Brooklyn, New York with her foster cat, Leif. Liz has received her start in the media world at Spoon University, and has acquired over 3.8 million views on her Spoon articles alone with millions more views on her syndicated content while finding her appreciation for consuming and producing branded content. Liz also has her articles syndicated on Business Insider, Insider, MSN, and Teen Vogue in addition to having her most popular article cited by Elite Daily. Liz has also contributed to YourTango and Entrepreneur.When Liz isn't writing, Liz is probably listening to music, walking around aimlessly like the hot mess that she is, cuddling with her cat, consuming new food dishes and drinks, at an event, at therapy with her one and only therapist that she absolutely adores, at an appointment with someone from her medical team, making up random dance moves in her bedroom, or figuring out what to do with herself. Liz's favorite cheese is feta and a pet peeve of hers is when people don't use the word "simultaneously" in the right manner.To get in touch with Liz, she can be reached at itslizab@gmail.com, @astrrisk on Instagram, and on LinkedIn. Liz is always down to be invited to an event or to talk about food, booze, and mental health. Liz's pronouns are she/her/hers.Please be patient when getting in touch with Liz - she probably is unaware as to what day it is, and might be dancing for her therapist.... to the Macarena, of course.