Dairy
Processed
Processed cheese blends natural cheeses with emulsifying salts and heat to create stable melting slices and blocks with uniform flavour and long shelf life. Use for even melts on burgers and sauces where oiling-off is unwanted. Flavour is milder than fine aged cheese—choose accordingly.
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Unit
Characteristics
Preparations
MeltedSauceSliced
Traits
EmulsifiedIndustrialMeltyMildStable MeltUniform
Grading systems
Grades are placed along a shared scale so systems can be compared side by side.
Grade C
Grade B
Grade A
Grade AA
History
CH
Emmentaler process cheese patents launched industrial processed cheese.
US
Processed slices became American sandwich staples.
Processed cheese remained a convenience melt product globally.