I don’t do a whole lot of shopping, my wife usually does, but when I do and let’s say I want cheese I want the real deal. I have to read the ingredients on at least 10 different packages of cheese to find one that is actually cheese…. Why do producers print cheese on the labels when it isn’t, and why do consumers buy it if it isn’t?
They say it’s cheese because they can get away with it. Real cheese doesn’t have whey or cream put into it and blended with the actual cheese product. Real cheese is ONLY the curd with the whey squeezed out. They say they do it to make a softer cheese that the american people like, but that’s a load of baloney. The real reason is that not including the whey or cream leaves them with less product to sell and more byproducts to get rid of somehow (which they can’t make yogurt out of) so their profits drop. Gotta love lobbyists and their influence.
I find it equally annoying that I have to look for the real cheese and often times, there’s only 1 real sliced cheese on the shelf and the rest aren’t.
September 30th, 2009 at 11:17 am
because the average american cant eat real cheese, tasting real food would destroy his mutated digestve system
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September 30th, 2009 at 11:22 am
mmmm… processed cheese food. just kidding, i had a conversation last night about that! that’s kind of weird, it’s a really random thing to talk about. i refuse to even try anything that says that, it sounds terrible! i guess it’s cheaper to make then real cheese, so therefore people buy it. maybe you should get your cheese at the deli instead of packages, or go to a natural food store. good chance of finding real cheese there.
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September 30th, 2009 at 11:33 am
You can tell by the color or the price that something’s amiss…
I was about to grab a bag of shredded cheddar a few nights ago, because it was substantially cheaper, whe I noticed the color was closer to "jaundice yellow" than cheddar. Then I noticed the product description — something like "cheese flavored food product."
Eeuagh!!
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September 30th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
They say it’s cheese because they can get away with it. Real cheese doesn’t have whey or cream put into it and blended with the actual cheese product. Real cheese is ONLY the curd with the whey squeezed out. They say they do it to make a softer cheese that the american people like, but that’s a load of baloney. The real reason is that not including the whey or cream leaves them with less product to sell and more byproducts to get rid of somehow (which they can’t make yogurt out of) so their profits drop. Gotta love lobbyists and their influence.
I find it equally annoying that I have to look for the real cheese and often times, there’s only 1 real sliced cheese on the shelf and the rest aren’t.
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September 30th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
if you are talking specifically about sliced cheese-the reason is because the average consumer thinks of "american" cheese when buying sliced cheese. American cheese is processed cheese. If you want cheddar just buy a hunk of cheddar and slice it yourself. Not many cheesemakers sell sliced cheddar because it is not a product with much demand. As far as the labeling goes, you have essentially answered your own question. The reason ingredients are listed is so that the consumer can identify what ingredients they want in their foods. You found one that is real cheese, so go with that. There are all sorts of consumers in the marketplace, it would be confusing to the less-distinguishing consumer to have a bunch of products labeled cheese, cheese substitute, cheese by-product, and so on.
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