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Article: Fine lines in cheese products
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- October 22, 2003
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PATRICIA MACK
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
10-22-2003
Fine lines in cheese products
PATRICIA MACK
Date: 10-22-2003, Wednesday
Section: FOOD
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"Cheese food" is a strange-sounding commodity few people understand, but that doesn't stop them from eating it.
The designation had Fort Lee reader Roslyn Abramson stumped: "Exactly why is American cheese labeled 'cheese food'?" she asked.
It's a legal definition for a kind of American cheese. Not all American cheese is "cheese food," but all cheeses called American cheese are process or processed cheese. Technically, processed cheese can be any of several types of natural cheese that are pasteurized ...