American cheese isn’t “plastic,” but it isn’t real cheese in the traditional sense either. Most American cheese slices are classified as “processed cheese products.” That means they’re made by taking small amounts of real cheese and blending them with emulsifiers, stabilizers, milk solids, oils, and preservatives to create a perfectly smooth, melt-anywhere product. Those emulsifying salts (like sodium phosphate or sodium citrate) are what give it that rubbery, uniform texture and unreal melt. Th

American cheese is NOT real cheese… 😱 And don’t just trust me, ask the FDA… According to the FDA, American cheese is a “pasteurized processed American cheese food”…🧐 In order for a food to be deemed as “cheese” by the FDA, more than half of the food content must be cheese… In American cheese, less than 50% of the contents are actually cheese, so the FDA does NOT classify American cheese as actual cheese…🤯 WHAT!?! And you wouldn’t believe how many restaurants and fast food places use this proc

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