http://blog.fooducate.com/2014/06/23/the-velveeta-recall-a-reminder-to-avoid-fake-cheese/
Kraft is recalling Velveeta in several states after discovering that nearly 300 cases were manufactured with an insufficient amount of preservative. Velveeta “cheese product” has been on the market since 1928. It looks like cheese, but it isn’t. The FDA does not even allow it to be called cheese. The ingredient list will show you why it can't be called "cheese" - the closest it could come to that category is "cheese food" (which is the same category you'd see for "American cheese".)
Milk, whey, skim milk, milk protein concentrate, water, milkfat, whey protein concentrate, sodium phosphate, modified food starch. Contains less than 2% of salt, calcium phosphate, dried corn syrup, canola oil, maltodextrin lactic acid, sorbic acid as a preservative, sodium alginate, sodium citrate, cheese culture, enzymes, apocarotenal and annatto (color).
Compare that list to the ingredients in Swiss Cheese: Part skim milk, cultures, salt, rennet.
The preservative missing from the recalled Velveeta is sorbic acid . It is a harmless additive BUT it's used to inhibit mold. More specifically, why add all those additional additives to cheese. Although some of them are "natural" products, they are still unnecessary. I am SURE most parents can get their kids to eat mac and cheese or grilled cheese sandwiches with real cheddar, muenster or a combination of the two.
Fooducate gives Velveeta a grade of "C-" While some commenters liked the product - others were concerned with it being another highly (unnessecarily) processed food with low nutritional value. There are better choices
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