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[–] VibeSurgeon@piefed.social 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

As much as I appreciate good cheeses, American Singles are suitable for cheeseburger and grilled cheese-applications on account of them containing sodium citrate, which gives them good melting properties.

Well-tasting cheeses without sodium citrate tend to break when melted, which is not particularly desirable.

You could of course make your own melt-appropriate cheese by mixing in sodium citrate with a shredded well-tasting cheese and melting the mixture.