Cheese sauce

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Cheese sauce
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Broccoli with cheese sauce, at a restaurant in Semarang, Indonesia
Alternative namesCheese dip, cheese dipping sauce [1]
Serving temperatureCan be served cold, warm or hot
Main ingredientsCheese, sometimes prepared using processed cheese, dried cheese, or cheese powder

Cheese sauce is a sauce made with cheese or processed cheese as a primary ingredient. Sometimes dried cheese or cheese powder is used. [2] [3] Several varieties exist and it has many various culinary uses. Mass-produced commercial cheese sauces are also made by various companies, in both liquid and dry forms. These prepared sauces are used by consumers and restaurants, and commercial formulations are used in the production of various prepared foods, such as macaroni and cheese mixes and frozen meals.

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Varieties

Many sauces are prepared with cheese or processed cheese as the primary ingredient.

Cheez Whiz is an American brand of processed cheese spread produced by Kraft Foods since the 1950s. It was developed as an easy way to prepare the sauce for Welsh rarebit. It was initially sold in glass jars, and today is sold in jars and spray cans. Cheez Whiz is commonly used for Philadelphia cheesesteak. [14]

Cream cheese is an American sauce originating in Chester, New York. This sauce is a soft and mild cheese made from milk and cream.

Culinary uses

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Fettuccine Alfredo, prepared with a butter and Parmigiano-Reggiano mixture that forms a cheese sauce as it cooks
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A horseshoe sandwich

Cheese sauce is commonly used as a dip for various foods, such as chips and vegetables. [15] It is also used as an ingredient or topping for many various dishes and side dishes, such as sandwiches, roasted potatoes, casseroles, pasta dishes, egg, fish and meat dishes and in soups. [15] [16]

Many dishes are prepared using cheese sauce:

Industrial products

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A can of mass-produced Fritos cheese sauce

Cheese sauce is a mass-produced product in the United States and other countries, such as China and Switzerland. [27] [28] In the U.S., commercial preparations are available to consumers in grocery stores and are used in family-style, casual and fast food restaurants. [1] [29] [30]

Mass-produced cheese sauce is typically prepared aseptically and then packaged in sterile cans, bottles and bag-in-box containers. [31] [32] Some varieties are sold in aerosol cans. [33] Commercial cheese sauces may be prepared using natural cheese, processed cheese, or both. [lower-alpha 1] Various food additives and preservatives may be used in commercial preparations to create a uniform product that is consistent and stabilized in texture, consistency, color and flavor, to enhance flavor, and to ensure freshness. [16] [35] Some additives and preservatives used may include carrageenan, citric acid, monosodium glutamate, sodium citrate, sorbic acid, and xanthan gum, among others. [16]

The industrial preparation and processing of liquid cheese sauces typically involve the shredding of bulk cheese products which is then placed en masse into a large processing container along with various dry ingredients and emulsifying salts. [16] [36] The mixture is agitated to create a slurry, and is then aseptically treated using various machines to heat and sterilize the product and make it pourable, after which sterile bottles, jars or cans are filled with the product. [16] Such aseptically processed cheese sauces are typically shelf-stable, requiring no refrigeration until opened. [16]

Bag-in-box cheese sauces are typically used in retail environments and involve the use of connecting a bag of aseptically treated cheese sauce to a vessel that heats it and keeps it warm at a food-safe temperature. [32] A pump dispenser is used that delivers the sauce to various items, such as tortilla chips and sandwiches. [32] [35]

Cheese sauces are also mass-produced in a powdered dry mix form. [37] [38] These are produced as an instant food and purveyed to consumers in sauce mix packets and jars. [39] Dry mix packets are also provided in some dry macaroni and cheese products. [40] [41]

Commercial frozen cheese sauce is used as an ingredient in prepared frozen meals and prepared frozen vegetables. [42] [43] In some instances, particularly when a sauce has a high-fat content, the product may require emulsification to keep the product uniform and prevent it from separating. [42] Factors in frozen sauces such as their overall fat content and the size of particulates in them plays a role in how various frozen cheese sauces are formulated, cooked, treated and processed. [42]

Additionally, commercial cheese sauce formulations have been used as an ingredient in processed canned vegetables in the United States. [44] [45]

Circa the later 2000s, the Campbell Soup Company began to modify its canned cheese sauce formulas based upon the company's perceived consumer preferences in various geographic regions in the United States. [46] The company concluded that the sauce was not considered hot enough (pungent) for average consumers in the American Southwest and West while being too hot for consumers in the Eastern United States. [46] At the time, to better serve its customer base, Campbell's began manufacturing a hotter product in their California and Texas plants compared to their other plants. [46]

In July 2018, Kraft Heinz issued a voluntary nationwide product recall in the United States of around 100,000 jars of cheese dip, [47] [48] due to a potential for the growth of Clostridium botulinum because of ingredient separation. [48] It was only distributed in the United States, and consumers were advised not to eat it, even if it lacked signs of spoilage. [48] [49]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Last but not least, there is no existing standard for processed cheese 'sauce'. i.e. natural and/or analogue..." [34]

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