Not quite. You’re almost there. The manufacturers add emulsifying chemicals and preservatives.
To my understanding, it is actually made of cheese, just cheese that has been melted, pasteurized to extend shelf life and then cooled back into solid cheese again.
GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 7 months ago
jaidyn999@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Its salted curds like cheese, but its not matured. Instead mineral salts are added which absorb the water, the same sort of stuff used in corned beef, bacon and ham.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 7 months ago
If it was cheese it would be legal to label it as such.
piecat@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It’s the same reason you couldn’t call peanutbutter “peanuts”
roofuskit@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Americans owe the peanut butter grandma a huge debt. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Desmond