What is the point of individually wrapping cheese slices in plastic, only to cover a bunch of them in more plastic?
What is the point of individually wrapping cheese slices in plastic, only to cover a bunch of them in more plastic?
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It feels like such a waste.
EDIT: This is the type of cheese I am referring to. It comes wrapped in a piece of plastic then bundled together with x more and all of them get covered in plastic
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Makes them easier to separate.
If you buy cheese sliced by your grocer, they generally won't put anything between the slices, maybe just some wax paper.
But harder to unwrap.
Let’s be honest here, we aren’t talking about cheese. They are packed per slice because they melt easily. If they weren’t you would end up with an orange blob when it hits room temperature.
They are also packed per slice because they last a lot longer. Plastic cheese or not, cheese slices have a lot of surface area and get funky relatively quickly. Also, every time you reach into a regular bag of deli sliced cheese, you introduce funk-generating organisms.
you realize that cheese is already "funky"? that's how it's made in the first place... by letting milk curdle. so, cheese doesn't really go bad/spoil, as it already has gone bad when it was milk. over long periods of time (months), it can grow mold if stored improperly.
In this context, "funk" = microorganisms that can harm you if consumed. The bacteria used in producing the cheese are safe to consume.
Not all cheeses are funky, and funk that is not characteristic of a certain style of cheese is considered a defect.