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Ranking Store-Bought American Cheese Brands From Worst To Best
BY Jenessa Abrams
8. Kraft
From a taste perspective, Kraft American cheese slices are sharp and tangy. These flavors add complexity to a cheese often relegated to bland children's food.
However, they have a subtle unpleasantness behind the flavor that lingers. Kraft's ingredient list was also longer than most other brands.
7. Boar's Head
The Boar's Head American cheese slices were much thicker than the prepackaged Kraft slices. This thickness adds a decadence to any grilled cheese sandwich.
At room temperature, it was pleasantly creamy and retained the classic tang expected with American cheese, but it lost much of its richness and tasted a bit synthetic when melted.
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While it's a lesser-known brand, Crystal Farms' American cheese has a nice balance of creaminess and bite, adding dimensionality to each slice.
The texture was satisfying before melting, but it became slightly tough and rubbery, and the flavor suffered. Crystal Farms' American cheese also has a lengthy ingredient list.
5. Horizon Organic
Horizon Organics offers an organic alternative to conventionally produced processed cheese. Unfortunately, the flavor of its American cheese wasn't special.
It does taste richer and decidedly less synthetic than other brands, but it might leave you desiring an even more milk-forward flavor profile.
4. Cabot Creamery
The American cheese from Cabot Creamery is very cream-forward. The flavor has less of a bite due to the milk taste, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Cabot's American cheese melts wonderfully from a texture standpoint and becomes even more flavorful after it's melted, as the cheesy profile intensifies.