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

  • protist@mander.xyz
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    5 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