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Peggy Sullivan
 
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Default Nacho dip without Velveeta?

Dolkian wrote:
> What is sVelveeta?
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> byakee wrote:
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>> Hark! I heard (Josh Meyer) say:
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>>> I'd like to make a big crock pot full of nacho cheese dip. A few of my
>>> guests don't eat partially hydrogenated oils, so I guess I can't use
>>> Velveeta. I'm worried about the dip separating if I use "real" cheese.
>>> Any suggestions?

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>> Does real American Cheese (not the singles) have trans-fat? That's what my
>> grandmother used in her cheese dip...
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Neither Velveeta nor real American Cheese have transfats.

Velveeta Ingredients (from the Kraft web site)

> Ingredients: "MILK, WATER, MILKFAT, WHEY, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SODIUM
> PHOSPHATE, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, ALGINATE, SODIUM CITRATE, APOCAROTENAL
> (COLOR), ANNATTO (COLOR), ENZYMES, CHEESE CULTURE."


Typical American Cheese ingredients (Land O' Lakes Pasturized Process)

> Ingredients: American Cheese (Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes), Cream, Sodium
> Phosphate, Natural Flavor, Salt, Lactic Acid


American Cheese makes fine nacho dip -- it melts smoothly.

Peggy in stormy NE PA