American Cheese

American cheese requires artificial coloring because feedlot dairy lacks the natural beta-carotene pigment found in grass-fed milk. American cheese is fortified with synthetic vitamins to compensate for nutritional deficits created by processing and low-quality ingredients. American cheese contains natamycin as a mold inhibitor, a substance Whole Foods Market has banned from its ingredient lists. Modified food starch in American cheese is identified as a form of MSG in some formulations, functioning as an excitotoxin that can drive overconsumption. American cheese is assembled from low-quality feedlot dairy, industrial emulsifiers, mold inhibitors, artificial dyes, seed oils, and synthetic vitamins.