Processed Cheese definition
Processed Cheese. Spread means the product obtained by grinding, mixing, melting and emulsifying one or more varieties of cheese with emulsifying agents with the aid of heat and may contain cream, butter oil and other dairy products. It may also contain natural carbohydrate sweetening agents and other non-dairy ingredients not exceeding one sixth of the weight of total solids of the final product on dry weight basis.
Processed Cheese means the product obtained by grinding, mixing, melting and emulsifying one or more varieties of cheeses with the aid of heat and emulsifying agents. It may contain cream, butter, butter oil and other milk products subject to maximum 5.0 percent lactose content in the final product and edible common salt, vinegar/ acetic acid, spices and other vegetable seasoning and foods other than sugars properly cooked or prepared for flavouring and characterization of the product provided these additions do not exceed one sixth of the weight of the total solids of the final product on dry matter basis and cultures of harmless bacteria and enzymes. It shall have pleasant taste and smell free from off flavour and rancidity. It may contain food additives permitted in these regulation including Appendix A. It shall conform to the microbiological requirements prescribed in Appendix B. It shall conform to the following requirements:—
Processed Cheese means cheese which has been subjected to a process of melting and mixing with or without the addition of emulsifying salts;
Examples of Processed Cheese in a sentence
American Processed Cheese may also be served as an alternative sandwich ingredient.
More Definitions of Processed Cheese
Processed Cheese means the product obtained by grinding, mixing, melting and emulsifying one or more varieties of cheeses with the aid of heat and emulsifying agents and may contain cream, butter, butter oil and other milk products. It may also contain non-dairy ingredients not
Processed Cheese means cheese which has been melted and mixed with or without the addition of emulsifying salts;
Processed Cheese. 1 means the product obtained by heating one or mote types of hard cheeses with permitted emulsifiers and/or stabilizers namely citric acid, sodium citrate, sodium salts of orthophoric acid and polyphosphoric acid (as linear phosphate) with or without added condiments, and acidifying agents, namely vinegar, lactic acid, acetic acid, citiric acid and phosphoric acid. Processed cheese may contain not more than 4.0 percent of anhydrous permitted emulsifiers and/or stabilizers, provided that the content of anhydrous inorganic agents shall in no case exceed 3.0 percent of the finished product. It shall not contain more than 47.0 percent moisture. Processed cheese chiplets (packed sliced cheese) when sold in a package other than tin, shall not contain more than 50.0 percent moisture. The milk fat content shall not be less than 40.0 percent of the dry matter. Processed cheese may contain upto 3000 parts per million sorbic acid , or its sodium, potassium or calcium salts calculated as sorbic acid, and/or 12.5 parts per million nisin either singly or in combination. It may contain calcium chloride (anhydrous) not exceeding 0.02 percent by weight.