• bitchkat@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    American cheese is cheese according to some links people posted. It is adequate for grilled cheese sandwiches.

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      4 months ago

      I’d argue it’s the best for grilled cheese sandwiches because it stays melted way longer. Other types of cheese I’ve tried get a weird texture when they cool off. I don’t particularly like them anyway due to the macros being garbage and I’m certainly open to suggestions but this has been my experience.

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      4 months ago

      There is American cheese that is not Kraft singles that do meet the criteria to be considered cheese rather than a cheese product, and it’s genuinely really good. Better than singles. Ask for it at a deli.

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      4 months ago

      No, legally it used to be called “pasteurized processed cheese product”, although apparently they have replaced “processed” with “prepared” nowadays, likely because it sounds slightly less artificial.

      Either way, it definitely does not meet the legal standard to simply be called “cheese”.

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        4 months ago

        It’s called processed because they mix cheese and other dairy products like milk and they can also add whey protein. It’s cheese that has additional processing.

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        4 months ago

        American cheese is cheese. I’m not gonna let the despots at the FDA dictate my perception of reality.