Spray cheese = Kraft Easy Cheese©
You decide or not if it is safe....

• Whey: The cheese-making process removes 80 to 90 percent of milk's moisture, some of which is in the form of liquidy whey proteins. This byproduct is usually thrown out, but Kraft plows it back into Easy Cheese to increase volume (filler!) – and passes the savings along to you.

• Canola oil: Keeps the cheese from solidifying.

• Salt: Increases the osmotic transport of moisture, speeding up the cheese-drying process. It also inhibits bacterial growth – in other words, it's a preservative. Easy Cheese has twice the sodium of typical organic cheddar.

• Sodium citrate: The sodium in this compound exchanges ions with the calcium in the milk and "softens" the water-soluble portion of the cheese, enabling it to mix thoroughly with the fat-soluble component. That's called emulsification. The citric acid-derived citrate boosts the sour "bite" of cheddar.

• Sodium phosphate: Degreaser, preservative, urine acidifier, enema ingredient – is there anything Na3PO4 can't do? Here, it's another emulsifying agent. Proponents of natural cheese cited this additive when lobbying to have Kraft's products regulated as "embalmed cheese." The Feds settled on the less-mortifying "process cheese."

• Calcium phosphate: Sodium phosphate tends to make calcium unavailable to the body. So it's possible that calcium phosphate has to be added to make Easy Cheese healthier. It also makes it legal for Kraft to label every can "an excellent source of calcium."

• Lactic acid: Bacteria, either found naturally in milk or added in the cheese-making process, digest the milk sugar lactose and produce lactic acid. It tastes a little sour, because that's how your taste buds interpret hydrogen ions, a key component of every acid.

• Sodium alginate: Every good processed food has seaweed extract, and Easy Cheese is no exception. Alginate, a gum found in the cell walls of brown algae, is flavorless but increases viscosity.

• Apocarotenal: This yellow-orange pigment, found in spinach and citrus fruits, enhances the color of processed cheese.

• The can: Easy Cheese is not a true aerosol – the food never comes in contact with propellant. The can has two sections: The bottom is filled with nitrogen gas, and the top with cheese. Press the nozzle and the nitrogen pressure pushes the cheese out of the can. The nozzle is notched for two reasons: To produce those pretty little floret patterns when the cheese is released, and to ensure that the tasty condiment comes out even if the end of the nozzle is pushed right up against the cracker.

My company has an office in Switzerland and one of our Swiss guys always waits until he visits us here (in the Canadian office) to buy jeans. Apparently the same brand in Switzerland will cost about double the price as here.

Interestingly there's a post in the Canada forum about someone wanting to buy an Apple laptop while visiting Vancouver because they're supposed to be cheaper here than anywhere else. Don't know where the poster is from (US/Europe).

Yes, that is indeed the product that everybody loves!

The cheese, of course.

Everybody buys their jeans in the U.S. unless they're addicted to Diesel or D&G. I head straight for Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Target the moment I arrive and spend whopping amounts on several pairs for about $12 each, when they're not on sale for $9.99. The fact that they don't last long is more than compensated by the low price. Consumer society has turned us all into whores for a bargain.

One year I brought Maple Syrup to three different families across France. None of them liked it. They found it too sweet.

Unless they have been to North America and eaten pancakes or waffles there, most Europeans don't have a clue as to what to do with maple syrup.

Actually our Swiss guy doesn't buy the $12 cheap jeans, he buys $80 Hilfiger or other designer brand because they're $160 in Switzerland.

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most Europeans don't have a clue as to what to do with maple syrup.
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please explain to me what maple syrup is for...i have no clue, i'm just a simple european....i've never been to america, never saw an american movie or read an american book. and i never watch the american shows that are on my television. please help me.

cosmopolitan europeans know exactly what maple syrup is for and some of us have even tried it. or wait, are you trying to imply that it is good not to know what maple syrup is for...that such ignorance makes you more sophisticated in a twisted way. i'm confused. i thought it was good to have worldly knowledge. oh the bizarre, twisted world that is the 'enlightened', american europhile...i'll never understand it.

and now you are saying that it is cheap to buy things in america and that means they are all consumer wh0res? but logos said that things were more expensive in america. i think i'm starting to understand...if something is cheaper in america it is because they are all evil consumerists that value cheap goods over everything else....but if we are talking about the advantage of cheap goods then america is very expensive due to some sort of evil. oh so confusing, i have a headache.

I would rather walk around naked than wear hideous Wal-Mart jeans. No matter what the price -- if they were free -- they are a bad bargain.

Now that everyone's properly exercised about spray cheese, I think I'll just mention Twinkies. I saw an article somewhere recently breaking down and explaining a list of Twinkies' ingredients. Truly awe-inspiring! No wonder they have an indefinite shelf life.

By the way, I'm quite pleased to say I've never been in a Walmart.

I used to prefer Ho Ho's to Twinkies, but I suspect Ho Hos are now banned for their politically incorrect name. No doubt they insulted some Ho's.

As ridiuculous as the OPs question is, I have to disagree with some assertions made by <b>logos99</b>.

First:

<i>No, you forget the taxes.
DE - EUR 352,00 plus tax.
And that's the usual error people make when comparing prices. Disregarding taxes they have to pay in the US and comparing prices to goods that include tax.

You'll find the camera costs 323&euro; in Germany.</i>

For a German citizen VAT is a necessary evil just like anywhere else. (correct me if I'm wrong), so your &quot;final&quot; price is incorrect, as far as the German citizen is concerned.

Second:

I just did a quick comparison of MACs on their US and UK sites. Here are the results for the exact models of 3 different MACs:

US: <b>

* 1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 512MB memory
* 60GB hard drive1
* Combo drive

Ships: Within 24 hours
Free Shipping
$1,099.00

* 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 1GB memory
* 80GB hard drive1
* Double-layer SuperDrive

Ships: Within 24 hours
Free Shipping
$1,299.00

* 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 1GB memory
* 120GB hard drive1
* Double-layer SuperDrive

Ships: Within 24 hours
Free Shipping
$1,499.00</b>


UK:

<b>* 1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 512MB memory
* 60GB hard drive1
* Combo drive

Ready to ship: 2 days
Free Shipping
&pound;749.00
(&pound;637.45 ex VAT)

* 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 1GB memory
* 80GB hard drive1
* Double-layer SuperDrive

Ready to ship: 2 days
Free Shipping
&pound;879.00
(&pound;748.09 ex VAT)

* 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 1GB memory
* 120GB hard drive1
* Double-layer SuperDrive

Ready to ship: 2 days
Free Shipping
&pound;999.00</b>


You tell me where the MAC is more expensive.

Okay, walkinaround, I'm sure that with your supreme maple syrup knowledge, you can name at least 5 movies of television programs (not to mention books) in which maple syrup was prominently used AND named. &quot;Look, Mom, this brown stuff that I'm pouring onto my pancakes is MAPLE SYRUP!&quot; I'm sure that happens as often as French movies mentioning the use of sauce amoricaine or rouille.

&gt;You tell me where the MAC is more expensive.
A Mac in not a computer, but a toy with exclusive distribution by an American company. They can set any price anywhere. And don't they pay sales tax in the USA?

&quot;We have never asked for American cheese.&quot;

There is no such thing.

Porsches, bring a second hand Porsche from the US, and you can get twice the price in Europe.

Sirop d'&eacute;rable - maple syrup. At every street fair here in Suisse Romande there are crepe makers who have maple syrup as one of the toppings available. So yes, we actually do know what it is here.

When I go home to the US I buy Gap cotton undies because they cost about 1/4 what the Swiss ones do and last longer. We used to buy our Mac computers and accessories but now find them the same price here and with Swiss/French keyboards which we are used to now.

And I used to buy my pantyhose in Marshall's or TJMaxx but you just can't get the industrial-strength control-top of Dim's Panty Minceur in the US. They knock off 5 lbs. But then they are owned by Sara Lee so are they really French anymore?

Sales tax differs by state in the US, but it's not usually that high. It's around 5 pct where I live.

I don't understand why so many Americans are just obsessed about the maple syrup thing -- you read this constantly on this board, Americans wanting to tote maple syrup to Europe, even though it isn't native to where most people live. It's a very peculiar product in the US and not really used very often or in hardly any dishes. I never use it myself and don't like it and my mother never served it when I was a child, either, in the US. So I would be surprised if a lot of Europeans knew what it was for, as it isn't really that common (and I don't think mentioned in most films or TV shows). But maybe they all do, but why would anyone take as a gift to someone in another country a very unusual-tasting syrupy sugar product that isn't good for much of anything. I probably only have it about once a year, maybe on French toast, but I never use it on pancakes and didn't as a child.

Of course there is American cheese, Wisconsin is known for it.

THe OP isn't going to do this, but with global commerce, the internet, etc., the question can't be any more, what isn't available in Europe, as anything would be. It would have to be something that is a lot more expensive in Europe. Even if it were a laptop, where would you then proceed to sell this in Europe?

Dim isn't owned by Sara Lee, who pulled out of the clothing business in Europe early last year.

It's currently owned by a European offshoot of Sun Capital Partners, though - believe it or not - a French-invested Vietnamese company has recently announced it's negotiating to buy it.

Isn't the 'official' concept of American cheese those orange squares sold by Kraft?

<b>logos99</b>

I'll take a MAC anyday over anything that's run by Windows X(crap)E or whatever their latest mistake is.