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Cheese_food_product

Level 4 — Significant concerns

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

Also: cheese food, cheese product, imitation cheese, pasteurized processed American

What the research says

USDA terms used when product cannot legally be called 'cheese' — used in Lunchables, frozen pizza, and lower-cost packaged meals to shave two cents per unit off the cost vs. processed cheese, despite scoring worse in taste tests. [salt-sugar-fat] USDA terms used when product cannot legally be called 'cheese' — used in Lunchables, frozen pizza, and lower-cost packaged meals to shave two cents per unit off the cost vs. processed cheese, despite scoring worse in taste tests.

Regulatory status

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

Sources

  • Salt Sugar Fat (Moss) — Chapter 9 (Lunchtime Is All Yours) and Chapter 15: They could use the processed cheese made by Kraft, or they could knock another two cents off the per unit price by using a lesser product called 'cheese food'