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

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

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[-] protist@mander.xyz 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months 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

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