In fact, just as a slice of American cheese is somehow perfect on ... It does a job that freshly grated cheese can't do. After all, pieces of the real stuff would not only fall off the slice ...

Gnocchi Mac and Cheese A lot of people love to hate American cheese, turning their noses up at the processed product. But, as food writer J. Kenji López-Alt points out at Serious Eats, all cheeses are ...

not all cheese slices out there are legitimate American cheese. Only slices that contain more than 51 percent real cheese can be legally classified as American cheese. Anything containing less ...

"We're so excited about our new Organic Valley American Cheese Blocks because they can be enjoyed in so many delicious ways and are made with real organic dairy and ingredients you can pronounce." ...

The process behind making most American cheese isn't inherently bad, and it is what makes the product both affordable and uniquely meltable, but it does mean that it can't be called real cheese.