How do you feel about Kraft individually wrapped orange American-style cheese food product slices?

[Major Nikon]

48. I've made it before, and I know exactly what it is

It's cheese that's been processed with a thickening agent, milk, and salt as opposed to things like Velveeta which is not made from cheese at all. As far as it being inferior, that's purely subjective and greatly depends on what you're using it for. The reason why processed cheese was invented in the first place is because it melts better and doesn't separate as compared to pure cheese. Non-cheese products like Velveeta are cheaper to manufacture still, but cheaper doesn't necessarily mean inferior. Why go through the hassle of curdling milk, pressing the curds into cheese, aging, blending that cheese with other cheese, then processing it with milk and thickening agents when you can use the same basic ingredients along with some enzymes and bacterial agents to create the same taste and texture? That's why Kraft American Singles are no longer a blend of cheeses that are processed and is instead made in much the same way Velveeta is made.