Cardboard packaging falls apart. Texture of cream cheese is a little different, but our recipe ended up being virtually identical to using other cream cheese.

Made New York style cheesecake with this and it was decadent, indulgent and silky smooth with a creamy richness. There were very few ingredients in the recipe so the cream cheese was the star holding the act together and it did a fine job!

Has great shelf life if stored properly. Mine lasts in the frig for up to 3 months without going bad. Always run out of it, never had it spoil. Great taste and creaminess.

Good product

Great value!

I don’t know what Dans did but this cream cheese falls apart every time! And that is for every single brick I buy now! I buy alot of it! My family does not like it for their bagels. Only OK to cook with. Terrible

Yuck! If you like Philadelphia Cream Cheese, you will gag in disgust at this. How to describe this? Well, imagine melting normal (Philadelphia) cream cheese, then adding and melting a birthday candle into it. i guess if you like wax you might enjoy this, but . . .

I bought the multipack of 8 oz packs, not this 3 lb brick, but they are not showing the multipak. The cream cheese in the multipack was awful. If you like bad tasting cream cheese, go buy it at the dollar store. I am sure that's where Sam's gets it. I will only buy cream cheese at Sam's if they go back to carrying Philadelphia brand.

The Member's Mark Cream Cheese has a consistency and texture exactly like the "City of Brotherly Love" cream cheese; but that's where the similarity ends. The taste is not as mild as the "real thing" in the silver-grey box, to start with. The Member's Mark version has a sharper taste and a decidedly prominent salty flavor. There's also a bit of bitterness under the saltiness. It takes over the entire experience of whatever you are eating. It absolutely dominates in baked goods. The pluses are as I mentioned the consistency and texture; it melted and performed in cooking and baking like "real thing". It also does NOT have the acrid, plastic-fake taste that many other store brands have. Of all the store brands of cream cheese I have ever tried, this is the closest. But it is not an exact copy, and the taste difference was noted in my cheesecake. My father-in-law took one bite, scrunched his eyebrows together and said, "Is this a new recipe?". I made the cheesecake at my house and took it to theirs for a Sunday gathering - he had no idea, but he sure noticed it on the first bite. It's a good product, but do not for one minute think you're going to fool anyone with it.

This cream cheese works well in all recipes, even new york style cheesecakes, tastes fine, however the problem is once opened if not used within a week even if rewrapped it starts to mold and is a big waste. Please wrap this big block in 8 oz packages so it will last as long as any other brand we buy at other stores, such as store brands or philly. It isn't worth spending the money in this big block form when you needs portions not the entire block.