American cheese vs Government cheese
American cheese
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Processed
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- United States
American cheese, in the sense used in the United States, is a processed cheese, usually built on cheddar, Colby, or similar young cheeses. Emulsifying salts make it melt in an even sheet.
Government cheese
Facts
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Processed
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- United States
Government cheese is a commodity cheese from the United States, made and held under federal dairy programs rather than sold as a farmhouse wheel. It is a pasteurized process cheese in the American style, formed into large unsliced blocks with plain labels. The point was to turn surplus milk into a food that could be stored and then given out. It slices and melts, which is what those programs needed. It is not a named regional cheese, and it has no rind.