Velveeta Cheese
January 28th, 2010
What is the half-life of Velveeta cheese? I only ask because we’ve had this block of Velveeta for over three months, and it’s show no signs of degradation. It’s a bit eerie, actually.
Now that I think about it, I realize that more and more of our perishable foodstuffs is increasing its shelf life to unnatural lengths (did you know that ultra-pasteurized milk can stay good for three months?). Extrapolating this idea, it’s not difficult to imagine that a processed product such as this extruded brick-like mass of “cheese” that I’m about to throw into my scrambled eggs should remain safe to eat for the foreseeable future. Let’s hear it for science!
