processed cheese - Diet & Nutrition Message Board

rosebud1 · 03-28-2006, 02:51 AM

i just made a bowl of mixed raw nuts, berries and cheese but the cheese i used was coon cubed cheese which was pasteurized milk, enzymes, and salt i believe. is this considered processed? does processed cheese have the same nutrition as fresh cheese? or is it basically junk food because of all the additives?

Lenin · 03-28-2006, 07:32 AM

Making cheese is "processing." So is pasteurization.

Virtually everything that we eat is processed the question only becomes to what degree.

Certainly the coon cheese you used was less processed than a slice of AMERICAN cheese (actually they have to call it cheese-food becaue there's not enough cheese in it!

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jozi209 · 03-28-2006, 08:10 AM

try reading the 'Untold story of milk', you'll wish you'd never put pasturized crap in your mnouth. --the authour is not against dairy, but is against pasturization.

wiredqs · 03-28-2006, 10:08 AM

I realize that everyone has their point of view, but pastuerization is just heating the milk to a temperature that kills any bacteria. Some helpful nutrients maybe destroyed but pastuerized milk is not generally considered harmful.

Lenin · 03-28-2006, 09:53 PM

And unpasteurized "raw milk" can be a bath of dangerous microbes which multiply rapidly during transit to the customers.
Only calves get it clean!

Anyone who is drinking unpasteurized milk or milk that has never been heated is akin to a person eating raw chicken, beef, or fish. It can be done but it's a crapshoot!

Not only is raw milk dangerous but it spoils very quickly.