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minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoThat’s not American cheese. That’s the kraft “cheese food product”. American cheese is essentially Swiss that hasn’t aged.
minus-squareNovi@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoKraft is obligated by food regulations. They can not call a product “cheese” if it is not a certain percentage cheese.
minus-squareMrs_deWinter@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days ago Swiss that hasn’t aged But “Swiss cheese” isn’t a thing in itself either. The term is used solely in the US. Switzerland has all kinds of very different kinds of cheese. Aged and young ones.
That’s not American cheese.
That’s the kraft “cheese food product”.
American cheese is essentially Swiss that hasn’t aged.
Kraft is obligated by food regulations. They can not call a product “cheese” if it is not a certain percentage cheese.
But “Swiss cheese” isn’t a thing in itself either. The term is used solely in the US.
Switzerland has all kinds of very different kinds of cheese. Aged and young ones.