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>american cheese is cheese
I'm not one of those yuropoors who pretends that American cheese is toxic inedible sludge but what do you consider "cheese"? American cheese is actual cheese mixed with non-cheese items and isn't what I would consider cheese. It has its uses, but "American Cheese" is just a name.

>>15880083
Not all American cheese is nasty Kraft singles

>>15880083
the “non cheese items” you’re referring to is literally just like 2% sodium citrate, which is just another type of salt like MSG or Na. sodium citrate molecules bind water and fat together to prevent splitting when heated. that’s it

>>15880083
'American cheese' refers to actual cheese, generally like a very mild cheddar. '[American] cheese food product' is what you are thinking of, which is just cheese emulsified with milk and/or cream such that it melts better. Its only once you get to 'American Singles' or 'American Slices' (note the conspicuous absence of the word 'cheese') that you enter the territory of "not-actually-cheese".

>>15880092
>>15880093
>>15880100
Thanks anons, learned something new today. It probably won't affect my eating and purchasing habits but it's good to be better informed. I always associated american cheese with kraft singles type product.

>>15880092
Not all cheese made in America is, but that is what is meant by American cheese. What is known as Swiss cheese isn't the only cheese made in Switzerland, either.

>>15880042
>floor is made of floor
>american cheese is made of american cheese

shouldnt american cheese be made of americans

>>15880255
Cow cheese is made of cow milk. Goat cheese is made of goat milk.
American cheese should be made of American mommy milk.

>>15880270
Preferably Winina Ryder's.

>>15880273
>drinking Jew milk
absolutely rebarbative

>>15880083
>I'm not one of those yuropoors
You are

>>15880042
You're telling me exactly what I want to hear.
I still won't eat the cheese product though.

>>15880198
processed cheese product is American cheese flavored BUT that is not real American.
Kraft singles are made to taste like real American cheese.
They have Kraft processed cheese product that's cheddar flavored does that mean cheddar isn't real cheese?

>>15880042
>american cheese is cheese
This is true. Kraft Singles, however, are NOT cheese.

>there’s nothing wrong with cured/processed meats
they're literally classed like carcinogens when it comes to their impact on human health
>there’s nothing wrong with nitrates
See above.
>american cheese is cheese
Oh honey...
>meat and dairy is good for you
Spoken like a dumb redneck. Sorry, bubba, source your information from something besides social media and your own fragile masculinity.

>>15881834
>They have Kraft processed cheese product that's cheddar flavored
Pretty sure they recreated the taste of a gutter in England.
Technically, yes, that is "Cheddar flavored", but it doesn't mean anyone should eat it.

>>15880083
>Pasteurized processed cheese food isn't cheese
Pasteurized processed cheese is literally just cheese with a melting salt. You legally cannot call it "pasteurized processed cheese" unless the only ingredients are cheese, seasoning, optional vegetable bits (like for pepper jack) and melting salts. You're thinking of "cheese-style food" which is totally different and can be an amalgamation of milk solids and oil. Even Kraft singles are real cheese as they meet the legal definition of cheese. Cheese-style foods are the crap retards buy from the dollar store or crap like cheese whiz (neither of which are considered actual cheese by anyone).

>>15881895
exactly what i'm saying about American cheese is different from "American cheese flavored"

>>15880042
All those statements are demonstrably false.

>>15880042
In this house, we believe:

>there’s nothing wrong with cured/processed meats
>there’s nothing wrong with nitrates
>american cheese is cheese
>meat and dairy is good for you