Processed cheese
Processed cheese
Processed cheese is a heated blend of cheese and melting salts, sometimes with other dairy ingredients, made into slices, blocks, spreads or portions for melting.
About Processed cheese
Processed cheese is a manufactured cheese food made by blending cheese with melting salts and heating the mixture, sometimes with other dairy ingredients. It is typically smooth and uniform, with a mild, salty, savoury flavour. It may be formed into slices, blocks, spreads or individually wrapped portions, and its firmness ranges from sliceable to soft and spreadable.
It is used in sandwiches, snacks and cooked dishes where easy melting and a consistent texture are desired. Formulations differ in cheese content, moisture, fat and added ingredients, so one processed cheese product should not be treated as interchangeable with natural cheese. Nutrition comparisons should distinguish slices, blocks and spreads and account for formulation and serving form.
- Ingredient type
- whole food
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Fromage fondu
cheese food processed
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Processed cheese (as part-nature)
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processed cheese (eurofir)
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Processed cheese around 20% fat in wedges
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Processed cheese double cream around 31% fat
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processed cheese food product
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Processed cheese in slices
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processed cheese preparation
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processed cheese product (us cfr)
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processed cheese slice
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Processed cheese wedges and similar
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Processed cheese, sliceable
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Processed cheese, spreadable
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Processed cheese nutrition & diet
Processed cheese nutritional value
Reference: Cheese, processed, plain
Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.
- Calories
- 297kcal
- Protein
- 17.8g
- Carbs
- 5.0g
- Fat
- 23.0g
Official national food-composition reference. The displayed food form is part of the estimate; cultivar, recipe, brand, processing and preparation can change values.
Processed cheese formulations and formats vary in moisture, fat and added ingredients; compare like products and distinguish spreads from sliceable or block forms.
Dietary compatibility
- VeganNot established
- VegetarianNot established
- PescatarianNot established
- KetoNot established
- PaleoNot established
- Low-carbNot established
- HalalNot established
- KosherNot established
What these diet assessments mean
- Vegan · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Vegetarian · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Pescatarian · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Keto · Not established
- A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
- Paleo · Not established
- The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
- Low-carb · Not established
- A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
- Halal · Not established
- Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
- Kosher · Not established
- Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.
For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.
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Sources & review
Nutrition reference: Composition of foods integrated dataset (CoFID), 2021 — 12-527 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.
Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.
The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.
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