Another surprise for the “Wow, there’s really no soy in it!” category: Kraft Singles.
I happened to walk into our daughter’s Sunday School class and saw her munching on a slice of American “cheese”. I grabbed it out of her mouth and told the Sunday School teacher that American Cheese is not cheese (It’s a pasteurized prepared cheese product) and always made with soybean oil.
Imagine my surprise to read the label and find that there is absolutely no soybean oil in Kraft singles. Every American cheese that we’ve ever seen (especially at restaurants) has soybean oil in it. We’ve just pretty much quit looking at American cheese.
So we’ll still always choose real cheese over “pasteurized prepared cheese product”, but at least we know there’s an option out there.
Soy lecithin makes me very itchy so I hope that they label it!!
Don’t adulterate my food
You can check if there is soybean oil added by melting the cheese in a microwave and see, if a yellowish, oily liquid will be released. Place the melted cheese in a refrigerator for a while. If the oily substance does not solidify, it is a vegetable oil.
Surprise, almost all American made cheese has soybean oil, especially if “skim milk” was used to produce it.
I might add that more reading indicates Soy Lecithin needs not be listed as a Soy product due to lack of the protein Soy allergic people have a problem with.
So American Cheese may have Soy Lecithin in it but not indicated as an ‘Ingredient’. I suppose some retailers may consider this omission ‘good for business’. While other retailers may choose otherwise.
I don’t see the issue with ‘some’ soy lecithin in a product. Likely this is more for texture than replacing milk as some seem to suggest.
I don’t prefer Soy Cheese whatsoever. Milk should be the ingredient used to make this cheese for certain.