Michael L Kankiewicz wrote:

> Other than the color, is there any difference between white and orange
> cheddar? I did a side-by-side taste test of two New York State Extra
> Sharps from the same company, and I couldn't taste any difference. Is the
> orange color just tradition?
>
> MK
>

The orange color is normally created by adding something called annatto.
It has very little flavor of it's own so I'm not surprised you can't taste
the difference. I can't either.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annatto>

Cheddar cheese without added color comes out kind of creamy
off-white in color, depending on how long it's aged. Aging
tends to darken it.

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Reg