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Cheese_as_ingredient

Level 3 — Contested

Cheese_As_Ingredient is a other additive listed in the FDA food-additive database.

Also: added cheese, cheese ingredient, shredded cheese blend, Kraft Crockery cheese

What the research says

Kraft's late-1990s strategy to transform cheese from a savored food into a tucked-away additive in frozen pizza ('triple cheese,' stuffed crust), Velveeta Cheesy Skillets, Mac & Cheese variants, Sam's Club artichoke dip, Stouffer's panini, and Walmart Loaded Baked Potato soup. [salt-sugar-fat] Kraft's late-1990s strategy to transform cheese from a savored food into a tucked-away additive in frozen pizza ('triple cheese,' stuffed crust), Velveeta Cheesy Skillets, Mac & Cheese variants, Sam's Club artichoke dip, Stouffer's panini, and Walmart Loaded Baked Potato soup.

Regulatory status

  • Notes: From enrichment source only, not in Winter Dictionary

Sources

  • Salt Sugar Fat (Moss) — Chapter 8 (Liquid Gold) and Chapter 10: If every pizza were made with one additional ounce of cheese, it would require an additional 2.5 billion pounds of milk annually