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The best known processed cheese in the United States is marketed as American

 cheese by Kraft Foods, Borden, and other companies. It is orange, yellow, or white in color and mild in flavor, with a medium-firm consistency, and melts easily. It is typically made from a blend of cheeses, most often Colby and Cheddar.

American Cheese also refers to government cheese, which can consist of a mixture of any of cheddar cheese, Colby cheese, cheese curd, or granular cheese.

The common use of the marketing label "American Cheese" for "processed cheese" combined with the prevalence of processed cheese in the U.S. compared to the rest of the world has led to the term American cheese being used synonymously in place of processed cheese. Moreover, the term "American cheese" has a legal definition as a type of pasteurized process cheese under the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations.

Despite the common usage, American Cheese also has another definition. It can also refer to a mild, pale white to yellow cheddar.

The term store cheese is sometimes informally used to describe American Cheese and similar American cheddars

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