Hey y’all know how Brits like to argue about American cheese not being a real cheese and there’s a secondary debate as to whether it melts or not. I accidentally figured out that they’re not talking about American cheese AT ALL.
So there’s the most common brand of American cheese the Kraft Singles which seems weird compared to regular cheese because they’re slices of cheese made with added milk to make it all melty.
Exhibit A: The ingredients list from Kraft Singles
And then it turns out there’s this product packaged extremely like Kraft singles that might look like an off brand competitor if you don’t read the labels called “Imitation Cheese” that looks like
Exhibit B:
They are made with something called “Cheese analogues” which are “products used as culinary replacements for cheese. They are usually products made by blending other fats or proteins” and are designed not to met like normal cheese.
So people have been out here picking up imitation cheese and calling it American cheese because they probably assumed it was off brand Kraft singles and calling it garbage without knowing it’s an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT PRODUCT!!!
