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In reply to the discussion: Velveeta's fake product shortage and why the news SUCKS BAD [View all]MineralMan
(151,198 posts)Look at the ingredients on a package of real cheddar cheese.
Cheese-making is an ancient process, involving milk and rennet, used to create curds. That is all that real cheese requires. Other ingredients may be added for taste, and color, and even molds may be introduced for some cheeses. But cheese is a natural product, made of natural ingredients. Velveeta is factory food. While cheese is part of what is in Velveeta, Velveeta is not cheese, and Kraft can't label it as cheese, by law.
Learn about cheese-making here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheesemaking
Velveeta is a modern process that turns cheese into something else that is not cheese. It is cheese food. It is processed cheese. It is a cheese byproduct, incorporating whey, various chemicals, and other ingredients to make it look, taste, and act as it does. Velveeta melts easily and sort of stays melted without lumps. That's it's main feature.
It doesn't taste like cheese. It doesn't act like cheese. It's not cheese, and Kraft can't label it as cheese. They have to call it "Pasteurized Processed Cheese Product." If it were cheese, they'd call it cheese. The FDA won't let them call it cheese, because it's not cheese.
Learn about Velveeta here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velveeta
It's fake cheese. I eat real cheese, only.