Processed Cheese

[Mortartube]

What is done to normal cheese to turn it into processed cheese (as in the type used in cheeseburgers etc)?

[treaclefight]

i dont think it is ever real cheese at any stage of production :-)

[stanbee]

cheese plus chemical salts etc more http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/food_science/Cheese.htm

[Mortartube]

Thanks for the replies. I've often wondered how it was done and now I'm not so sure that I want to eat it now I know. Keith

[tracymort]

don't go reading Fast Food Nation then! Not walked under a big M since.

[Gef]

If you want lots of information on cheese have a look at http://www.cip.ukcentre.com/cheese4.htm#cottage_ta
g Cheese, after all is processed milk! If you have ever made cheese on toast with 'unprocessed' cheese (Cheddar etc) you will notice that the fat separates and floats to the top. Processing was designed to prevent this. Edam and Gouda are possibly the best known processed cheeses in the UK.