Processed cheese
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"pasteurized process cheddar, swiss, and provolone cheese" s, such as this one from the Netherlands, may be considered processed cheese in the broad sense. Processed cheese (also known as process cheese; related terms include cheese food, prepared cheese, cheese product, and government cheese) is a product made from cheese mixed with an emulsifying agent (actually a calcium chelator). Additional ingredients, such as unfermented dairy ingredients, salt, vegetable oils, sugar, or food coloring may be included. As a result, many flavors, colors, and textures of processed cheese exist. Processed cheese typically contains around 50–60% cheese and 40–50% other ingredients.
"pasteurized process cheddar, swiss, and provolone cheese" s, such as this one from the Netherlands, may be considered processed cheese in the broad sense. Processed cheese (also known as process cheese; related terms include cheese food, prepared cheese, cheese product, and government cheese) is a product made from cheese mixed with an emulsifying agent (actually a calcium chelator). Additional ingredients, such as unfermented dairy ingredients, salt, vegetable oils, sugar, or food coloring may be included. As a result, many flavors, colors, and textures of processed cheese exist. Processed cheese typically contains around 50–60% cheese and 40–50% other ingredients.
History
Processed cheese was first developed in Switzerland in 1911, when Walter Gerber and Fritz Stettler, seeking a cheese with longer shelf life and influenced by fondue and cheese sauces, added sodium citrate to melted Emmentaler cheese and found that the emulsified cheese sauce could be re-cooled into a solid again. Shortly after, in 1916, Canadian-American businessman James L. Kraft applied for the first U.S. patent covering a new method of storing cheese, which halts the maturation process by sterilization. File:USDA Commodities Cheeses.jpg|Government cheese from 2023: a large chunk of American pasteurized process cheese and a small chunk of processed Cheddar cheese File:Swift's Brookfield American Pasteurized Cheese Food 1948.jpg|A 1948 U.S. advertisement for an American pasteurized cheese food File:Easy Cheese 5-21-09 IMG 4155 (3557182152).jpg|Easy Cheese, a "pasteurized process cheese snack" (unregulated term), on a pretzel File:Velveeta Cheese.JPG|Velveeta, a "pasteurized prepared cheese product" (unregulated term) File:2021-08-12 17 18 17 A jar of Kraft Cheez Whiz in the Franklin Farm section of Oak Hill, Fairfax County, Virginia.jpg|Cheez Whiz, a "cheese dip" (unregulated term) commonly used for cheesesteaks
See also
Cheese sauce
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