Cheese analogue

Cheese analogues (more widely known as cheese alternatives) are products used as culinary replacements for cheese. These include vegan cheeses as well as some dairy products, such as processed cheese or Kraft Singles, that do not qualify as true cheeses. These foods may be intended as replacements for cheese, as with vegan products, or as imitations, as in the case of products used for salad bars and pizza-making, which are generally intended to be mistaken for real cheese, but have properties such as different melting points or lower costs that make them attractive to businesses.

Sliced soy cheese on a snack platter
Open package of soy cream cheese

Vegan cheese
Main article: Vegan cheese

As with plant milk, vegan cheese may be made from soybeans, rice, almonds, nutritional yeast and other non-dairy ingredients.[1] It is aimed at vegans and others wanting to avoid animal products, for moral, environmental, religious or health reasons, including lactose intolerance or a desire to avoid cholesterol. Vegan cheeses may be lower in fat compared to dairy cheese, are cholesterol-free and are often a source of soy protein and isoflavones. Many have calcium added.[2] Several brands melt similarly to dairy cheese, while others stay mostly firm, or melt only when grated. Varieties include:

Analogue pizza cheese
Further information: Pizza cheese § Processed pizza cheeses
Provel pizza cheese in a five-pound block. This product is commonly used in the preparation of St. Louis-style pizza.

One variant of pasteurized processed cheese dairy products is, according to a hospitality industry source, designed to melt well on pizza,[25] while remaining chewy; this has been described as "artificial cheesy substance that's much quicker and cheaper to produce than the real thing".[26] In many cases the dairy fat required for anything described as cheese is replaced by cheaper vegetable oil and additives; this is not illegal if not described as cheese.[27]

These products are sometimes referred to as "analogue pizza cheese".[28][29][30] They are used on some commercially produced pizzas.[26] They may be formulated for processing with basic cheese-making equipment, but without the additional equipment and processing that mozzarella cheese requires, such as the processes of mixing and molding.[31] They tend to have a soft texture and once melted, may have a slightly "stringy" quality when pulled or bitten into. They may lack in a fusion, or melt together when cooked.[28] It has been stated that pizza cheese appears to be the leading type of cheese analogue produced globally.[32] In 1987 it was asserted that—at that time—each year in the United States over 700 million frozen pizzas were sold, three quarters of which contain cheese substitutes.[33]

See also

References
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  22. Parmesan flavor rice product Archived January 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  23. Parma Raw Parmesan Cheese Alternative - Walnut based
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  27. Felicity Lawrence (8 February 2014). "Fake-food scandal revealed as tests show third of products mislabelled". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  28. Law, Barry A; Tamime, A.Y., eds. (2010). Technology of Cheesemaking. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. (unlisted). ISBN 9781444323757. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
  29. Fox, Patrick F.; et al. (2000). Fundamentals of Cheese Science. Aspen Pub. p. 462. ISBN 0834212609.
  30. Gunstone, F.D.; et al. (2006). Modifying lipids for use in food. Woodhead. p. 476. ISBN 1855739712. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
  31. Gunasekaran, Sundaram; Mehmet Ak, M. (2003). Cheese Rheology and Texture. CRC Press. p. 288. ISBN 1587160218. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
  32. Law, Barry A; Tamime, A.Y., eds. (2010). Technology of Cheesemaking. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. (unlisted). ISBN 9781444323757. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
  33. "Star Tribune Archives". Nl.newsbank.com. 1987-09-11. Retrieved 2012-09-28. About three-fourths of the 700 million frozen pizzas sold each year in the United States contain cheese substitutes. The most common is casein,... (subscription required)
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