Sqwertz > wrote:

>Serene Vannoy > wrote:

>> Cheese ( cheddar, mozzarella, and swiss), water, modified milk
>> ingredients, sodium phosphates, salt and spice, mustard, color, sodium
>> alginate, sorbic acid, and sodium.

>That appears to be the Canadian Cheez Whiz (U.S. food labels would
>not say "modified milk ingredients").

>Cheez Whiz as known to the United States:

>"Milk And Part-Skim Milk, Water, Whey, Milkfat, Sodium Phosphate,
>Contains Less Than 2% Of Dried Corn Syrup, Salt, Worcestershire
>Sauce (Vinegar, Water, Molasses, Corn Syrup, Salt, Sugar, Caramel
>Color, Dried Garlic, Spice, Anchovies, Tamarind, Natural
>Preservative, Annatto (Color), Oleoresin Paprika, Enzymes"

>There is no actual cheese in those ingredients. There are
>ingredients in there to make cheese, but collectively, it is not
>cheese.

So as usual, you have to go outside the U.S. to find the real stuff.

Tangentially, a while back I stocked up on Kraft reduced fat
Cheddar-Mozzarella-Swiss cheese, which I thought was an odd
bu edible combination. (Very cheap at Grocery Outlet.) It can't
be a coincidence that the same combination appears in Canadian
Cheez-Whiz.

Steve

Steve Pope wrote:

> Tangentially, a while back I stocked up on Kraft reduced fat
> Cheddar-Mozzarella-Swiss cheese, which I thought was an odd
> bu edible combination. (Very cheap at Grocery Outlet.) It can't
> be a coincidence that the same combination appears in Canadian
> Cheez-Whiz.

I bought a couple of those as well. They were $1 for a 7 or 8 oz package.
I do kinda wonder about the background of that particular product... It
doesn't seem like the kind of product Kraft would decide to make from scratch.

-sw