Food fact: Sodium citrate and whey/milk concentrate thickeners can be added to any cheese base to make an American-style shelf-stable cheese like Velveeta . It will last weeks/months on the shelf not years like the commercial kind.
If you just want a cheese sauce for mac and cheese you can just use sodium citrate.
You can buy a tub of food-grade sodium citrate for like $25. Which will last for decades. We use it to make assorted fancy cheese macaroni and cheese in my house. Works like magic.
Food fact: Sodium citrate and whey/milk concentrate thickeners can be added to any cheese base to make an American-style shelf-stable cheese like Velveeta . It will last weeks/months on the shelf not years like the commercial kind.
If you just want a cheese sauce for mac and cheese you can just use sodium citrate.
https://www.cheeseprofessor.com/blog/sodium-citrate-cheese-sauce
You can buy a tub of food-grade sodium citrate for like $25. Which will last for decades. We use it to make assorted fancy cheese macaroni and cheese in my house. Works like magic.
I love you so much for sharing this information. I'm gonna use it to surprise the fuck out of my partner, she's a HUGE cheese person.