What is American Cheese?
Modern American cheese is a type of processed cheese developed in the 1910s made from cheddar, Colby, or similar cheeses.
It is mild with a creamy and salty flavor, has a medium-firm consistency, and has a low melting point.
Where To Buy American Cheese In South Africa?
Cheese Gourmet
Phone: 011 888 5384
Address: 3rd Avenue, 71A 7th St, Linden, Johannesburg, 2195
Good hope cheese
Phone: 021 981 8037
Address: 54 Viben Ave, Brackenfell Industrial, Cape Town, 7561
Cheese house The
Phone: 041 581 5519
Cape Cheese Products (Pty) Ltd
Phone: 021 551 3087
Address: 1C Railway Rd, Montague Gardens, Cape Town, 7441
La Montanara (Pty) Ltd
Creighton Valley Cheese Co (Pty) Ltd
Phone: 039 833 9060
What is American cheese in South Africa?
Unlike in England where you can still get Kraft branded slices of cheese, in South Africa the best bet to get something similar to American Cheese is the Clover Brand Processed Cheese Cheddar Flavored or Gouda flavored (not Full Cream Flavored).
What brands are real American cheese?
Here are the cheeses, in order of preference.
Super A. This generic store-bought brand was deemed the meltiest (see the burger above).
Kraft Singles. The ones we grew up with, and they still taste just the same.
Velveeta.
Land O’Lakes.
Horizon Organic.
Borden.
Kraft Deli Deluxe.
Hotel Bar.
Why does American cheese not melt?
But when heat is introduced, the protein structure falls apart and the emulsion breaks the fat globules come together into a greasy pool and the proteins congeal to form a stringy mess.
But American cheese is specifically designed to be extremely melt able and nearly impossible to break.