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Why is american cheese? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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What purpose does American cheese serve? What problem does it solve?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

So kraft can sell cheese that legally can't even be called cheese because it's so trash

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You're thinking of other processed cheese products, American cheese is just cheddar or colby mixed with a little sodium citrate as an emulsifier. It's basically easily and uniformly meltable mild cheddar and is definitely cheese

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Kraft American cheese is extremely different from (and worse than) deli American cheese.