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That’s how it’s made. They melt cheese with emulsifying salts, squirt it into a plastic envelope, and it cools into the shape of the wrapper.
thanks, i'm immediately going to continue never eating the disguising "cheese" slices ever again.
Calling it "cheese" is like saying meatloaf made from meat is "meat"
I think most people would agree that meatloaf made from meat is meat.
Yeah. But they wouldn't say it's made it's "meat"
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That's not cheese. It's "cheese product."
To my understanding, it is actually made of cheese, just cheese that has been melted, pasteurized to extend shelf life and then cooled back into solid cheese again.
If it was cheese it would be legal to label it as such.
Not quite. You're almost there. The manufacturers add emulsifying chemicals and preservatives.
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It's American cheese. The objectively superior cheese for melting on a burger.
only because it's easy to melt, not because it actually taste better than other cheese options such as cheddar, swiss, or pepper jack.
Oh, but it does actually taste better specifically on a burger.
American "cheese product" can fuck right off. Gouda melts just as well and actually tastes like....you know....cheese.
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If you like eating melted plastic
Are you scared of emulsifying agents, or what do you call "plastic"? There is no plastic in American cheese.
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Kenji Lopez-Alt has a cool video where he uses American cheese as the emulsifier to make some less-melty cheeses participate in a grilled cheese. I have been using it more for its emulsifying agents than anything lately: https://youtu.be/CD8UTr5mMVk?si=n5xOumvtBqromQtB
It's "orange" and "oil"
You're thinking of cheese wizz or spray cheese.
No, I'm not.
Edit: replied to wrong comment
Not just any cheese product, but "Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product", because they got in trouble with the FDA a couple of times by calling them "food" hilariously.
I think I can answer this. I remember when the singles came out. Used to be they had American cheese in a block. Sort of. They were sliced and stacked. This was the same American cheese/cheese product used in the singles. Exact same dimensions. The package was not re-sealable though. So I always put my block in a quart zip lock after opening. People were too fucking dumb to do this so their block of American cheese would go stale. And they complained about slices getting stuck together. Why in the world did Kraft decide to make the singles instead of changing the packaging be resealable and have wax paper like every other cheese? I have no idea.
Why in the world did Kraft decide to make the singles instead of changing the packaging be resealable and have wax paper like every other cheese?
Because unfortunately, the average American is that stupid and lazy.
Source: am American and forgot how to spell camplekated words so I ju
It's kind of convenient for grilling on the go. Have 4 patties, grab 4 slices and throw them in the top of the cooler, rather than the entire cheese pack, or repacking 4 slices.
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To get some free cheese with all that plastic you're buying
I have never encountered this product. Can you give a brand/product name example?
So, what's the yellow stuff for? To keep the bags from sticking together?
"American cheese". I searched for an image and conveniently Wikipedia shows one with the clarification that it's an "American cheese single".
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_cheese
But, imagine ten or twenty of those individually wrapped slices wrapped together in another bit of plastic.
You can hit an image search for "American cheese singles" and find a lot more examples.
Any cheese by Kraft labeled as "singles" would fit the bill. I've seen American, Swiss, and Mozzarella done this way. Italics as I cannot confirm other countries would consider it cheese.
check the labels folks, "Cheese food product" is called that because it cannot legally be called cheese.
I think that even in the US it is not considered cheese, but a cheese "product."
That's only because agriculture had really great lobbyists at one point. So we have really specific naming regulations.
It's just ground cheese with citrate.
Mmm pre chewed cheese!
I think it would be disingenuous to call it cheese since it has been processed, just like it is probably inappropriate to call a hot dog ground pork.
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if i buy the store brand american cheese at my supermarket, they're not individually packed and aren't really that hard to separate on their own, so lmao idk why Kraft does that.
it is stupid and should at least not be done with plastic. there is a brand of cheese where it's entirely wrapped in compostable plastic (has the texture of baking paper) and is seperated with the same material. the best option would be to buy cheese that doesn't stick together easily (like gouda).
It is a big waste! Unless your cheese melts very easily, there is no reason to have that amount of plastic.
This kind of cheese has a very low melt point.
The entire purpose of this cheese is is incredibly low melt point.
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