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Why is american cheese? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 9 months ago by ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca

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What purpose does American cheese serve? What problem does it solve?

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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago

The government cheese I'm aware of was American. It was made from cheddar, a mild unaged cheddar, but was processed. Now, maybe there were regional differences, I don't know about that. But I know it was here, and all of the common sources I used to verify my memory specified that it was the low cost/calorie density ratio of American cheese that led to it being distributed.