Does anyone buy more American cheese?
And we can honestly say that we are not sad to see it go.
It's official: Americans (or at least millennia) have fallen completely in love with American cheese. In the past year, large dietary chains dropped the cheese from their menus, asBloomberg underline. What replaces the bright orange staple? A large number ofartisanal cheese With ingredients, you can actually pronounce.
Panera bread Removed the American cheese from his beloved grilled cheeses and moved to Fontina, Cheddar, Monteau and Smoked Gouda. McDonald's reinvented his American slice - now without all theconservative. Wendy's is on Asiego grind. Canada's A & W outposts went to Real Cheddar. The list is lengthened increasingly. According to Bloomberg, the American cheese is in fact the good movement, too - sales of these channels have increased since their switch.
We do not blame customers to recognize the list of ingredients that make up their favorite burger trim. Cheese can actually be healthy (yes, even the type of full fat). But American cheese, especially the last tranches of Kraft, are not.
Technically, they are a "cheese product" and according to the FDA, these products are not evencontain enough real cheese in them to be classified as cheese. If this is not enough for a red flag, a slice has a mix of more than 16 ingredients, such as milk protein concentrate, whey and additives that you can not do not recognize, nor do not eat.
According to Euromonitor International, as indicated byBloomberg, Formerly popular cheese sales are now in their fourth quarter of decline. Kraft Singles and Velveeta, the two brands you will find on Stadium Nachos and Burgers Barbecue, are expected to fall by 1.6% this year. Following a time when organic is everything, we are more than happy to make waves goodbye to neon cheese after a century ofgrilled cheese domination. With so many good cheeses out there to try, it's time you started on the real thing!
