Cheese (Slices)
Cheese (Slices)

American Cheese

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Updated October 2024
Posted March 2023

American Cheese Kraft
Kraft Singles American Cheese

Kraft American Cheese Nutrition Facts
  • Excellent Source of Calcium

Kraft American Cheese Ingredients
  • Always made with Milk


Kraft Singles
A brand of processed cheese product manufactured and sold by Kraft Foods, introduced in 1950.

  • Kraft individually wrapped "slices" are not really slices off a block, but formed separately in manufacturing.

Kraft SinglesPasteurized Prepared Cheese Product
Kraft singles do not qualify for the US FDA Pasteurized Processed Cheese labeling. For this reason, Kraft labels them Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product to avoid FDA sanctions. Kraft Foods called their Kraft Singles as "Pasteurized Processed Cheese Food" until the FDA gave a warning stating that the product could not be legally labeled that due to the inclusion of milk protein concentrates. Kraft complied with the FDA order by changing the label to the current Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product.

Kraft SinglesFive ounces of milk?
One of the more famous ad campaigns involved the claim that each ¾ ounce slice contained "five ounces of milk", which makes them taste better than imitation cheese slices made mostly with vegetable oil and water and hardly any milk. The campaign was lambasted for its implications that each slice contained the same amount of calcium as a five-ounce glass of milk and also more calcium than imitation cheese slices, which eventually led to a ruling by the Federal Trade Commission in 1992 that ordered Kraft to stop making false claims in its advertising.

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2g
NET
CARBS

0g
ADDED
SUGARS

0g
TRANS
FAT

230mg
SODIUM
10% DV

2g
SAT FAT
10% DV

15mg
CHOLESTEROL
5% DV
Nutrition Facts
24 servings per container
Serving size 1 Slice

Amount per serving
Calories 50

% Daily Value*
Total Fat 3.5g3.85%
Saturated Fat 2g10.00%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 15mg5.00%
Sodium 230mg10.00%
Total Carbohydrate 2g0.73%
Dietary Fiber 0g0.00%
Total Sugars 2g
Includes 0g Added Sugars0.00%
Protein 3g6.00%

Vitamin D 0.9mcg0.00%
Calcium 290mg22.31%
Iron 0mg0.00%
Potassium 0mg0.00%

*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), SKIM MILK, MILKFAT, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, WHEY, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, LACTIC ACID, MILK, ANNATTO AND PAPRIKA EXTRACT (COLOR), NATAMYCIN (A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR), ENZYMES, CHEESE CULTURE, VITAMIN D3.

3g
PROTEIN
6% DV

2g
NATURAL
SUGARS

1g
UNSAT
FATS

VITAMIN
D
0% DV

CALCIUM
22% DV