American Cheese

is the author of

The Cheese Chronicles: A Journey Through the Making and Selling of Cheese in America, from Field to Farm to Table

. She is a vice president at

Murray's Cheese in New York.

Kraft introduced American cheese "Singles" in 1947. Their American cheese slices contain the following: Ingredients: Milk, Whey, Milkfat, Milk Protein Concentrate, Salt, Calcium Phosphate, Sodium Citrate, Whey Protein Concentrate, Sodium Phosphate, Sorbic Acid as a preservative, Apocarotenal (color), Annatto (color), Enzymes, Vitamin D3, Cheese Culture.