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title: "Fast Casual: Queso oozes onto Chipotle menus nationwide"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/65a1e46e-65c6-4aa5-ae78-ae916d69ad29
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-queso-oozes-onto-chipotle-menus-nationwide-2704007
category: "Mexican"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Mexican"
published: 2017-09-06T14:09:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:34:03.365Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/15b54976a1e23bf23e37e7bf4c6b40424359.jpg
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# Fast Casual: Queso oozes onto Chipotle menus nationwide

**TL;DR:** Chipotle is launching its queso nationwide on September 12th after testing the product at select locations. The company created a recipe that does not contain artificial flavors.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-09-06. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-queso-oozes-onto-chipotle-menus-nationwide-2704007).*

## Story

Chipotle attracted nationwide attention when the company announced that it was testing queso at select locations. And now, according to a recent article in Fast Casual, the new menu item is set to launch nationwide on September 12th.

The company says that queso has been a common request that they have heard from consumers over the years, but due to additives in traditional recipes, they have stayed away from the dip in the past. Chipotle says that they have created a recipe that does not call for these artificial flavors.

"Our queso may vary slightly depending on the characteristics of the aged cheddar cheese used in each batch, but using only real ingredients is what makes our food so delicious," said CEO Steve Ells.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- menu pricing (topic)
- FastCasual (publication)
- Chipotle (company)
- product launch (topic)
- food quality (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-queso-oozes-onto-chipotle-menus-nationwide-2704007). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/65a1e46e-65c6-4aa5-ae78-ae916d69ad29).