Turns out it's cheddar but it's called tasty. It's also never that crazy orange colour that most cheddars in North America are (this comes from the addition of annatto and sometimes paprika). Like cheddar, tasty comes in a range of aged flavours from mild to strong/aged and it is pretty tasty.
The equivalent of American Cheese in Australia is called "Cheddar Cheese." Cheddar Cheese is a type of cheese that is made from cow's milk.
The Australian product that is equivilent to Velveeta is known in Australia as Kraft Cheddar Cheese. Both Coles and Woolworths will have it on their supermarket shelves. This is not current label, but it is in a blue & silver wrap. Good luck with your recipes.
Cheer (stylised as CHEER), formerly marketed as Coon, is the Australian trademark of a cheddar cheese (known as "tasty" in Australia) produced by the Warrnambool Cheese and Butter company, which is majority-owned by Canadian dairy company Saputo Inc.
“The term tasty is to describe the age, flavour and texture of cheddar cheese,” cheesemonger and co-owner of Ripe Cheese at Melbourne's Queen Victoria Market, Hakim Halim, told news.com.au. “It has normally been aged for at least six months with a sharp flavour and crumbly texture.”
According to Reasearch and Markets, Australia produces over 160 different types of cheese, not surprisingly Cheddar is most popular.
The study saw Cheddar take home the title as Australia's favourite cheese, followed by Brie, Mozzarella, Blue, Parmesan and Goats. And the thing that Aussies loved most about cheese was its texture, including smoothness and crumbliness, followed by creaminess, sharpness, saltiness and smell.
Aussie Jack is cow milk cheese made in Australia similar to Monterey Jack. Aussie Jack has a mild tangy flavor, and melts well. It is made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Today, orange cheddar cheese is colored with annatto, the fruit of the achiote tree, while white cheddar is made without any added color. Here in Wisconsin, we asked and answered the "why is cheddar cheese orange?" question long ago. (We think about cheese a lot.)
Charlie Cheese's (formerly known as Charlie Cheese's Pizza Playhouse) is an Australian restaurant franchisee of CEC Entertainment.
The content of those slices is actually referred to as processed cheese in America. The unique blend that they use consists of 60% American Cheddar and a mixture of water, salt, whey powder, butter, milk proteins, emulsifying salt, flavouring and colouring. So, technically, this is NOT real cheese.
What is "American Cheese"? Pure Dairy's Hi-Melt Burger Cheese and its Thins Burger Slices are two of the best available American Cheeses in Australia.
While Cheddar is available for sale at a range of ages, Tasty Cheese is a type of Cheddar that has been matured for a minimum of six months. Unsurprisingly, Tasty is a name that is very familiar to Australian consumers. But you will not find it used in the rest of the world.
Cheese on toast is made by placing sliced or grated cheese on toasted bread and melting it under a grill. It is popular in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, the Caribbean, and in African countries.
Muenster Cheese
Muenster cheese is the closest in taste to American cheese. And it has a soft and smooth texture that melts very well. You can use Muenster cheese anywhere you would American cheese as a 1-to-1 substitute.
Coles dairy 1kg Australian Colby cheese block. A mild and creamy flavour with a strength indicator of 2, perfect for slicing, cooking or melting.
Voilà, Mimolette was born. Apart from its distinctive shape, Mimolette's other striking feature is its bright orange color, a result of the use of annato during production. Annatto, which is derived from the seeds of a South American shrub, is a natural food coloring frequently used to give cheeses an orange color.
Today, the only reason Cheddar is orange is that cheese manufacturerswant it to be. In other words, Cheddar naturally ranges from white to a pale yellow in colour, and then cheese manufacturers dye it to the iconic orange that we all know it by.
Cheddar cheese (or simply cheddar) is a natural cheese that is relatively hard, off-white (or orange if colourings such as annatto are added), and sometimes sharp-tasting. Cheddar originates from the English village of Cheddar in Somerset.
We get 82% of our dairy products from true blue, Australian dairy farms (we only source from overseas when we can't find the products). Eggs and dairy products are essential ingredients in some of our favourite foods, such as omelettes, cakes, pizza, chocolate, and ice-cream.
It is a semi-hard variety with a soft texture that provides a mild to mellow flavor. It can be used in soups, sauces, salads, sandwiches and casseroles. Sweet and tangy, this easy-to-make dip will bring a fresh, new taste to your snacking regimen.
Milawa Gold. Ripened in the old butter factory at Milawa this can be the strongest and smelliest cheese in Australia, but also one of our finest.
You might even think it's Ricotta. But you'd be wrong. Today, the most popular cheese in the world is… Mozzarella.