In the early 2000s, the administration issued a warning letter to Kraft Foods informing them they were obligated to change the label ... and ingredients used to make it. It's why Velveeta is ...

Despite this, many people still label Velveeta as an 'American cheese ... This is evidenced through Velveeta's ingredient ...

Kraft soon changed the Velveeta recipe, though, crucially replacing real cheese, which has only three or four ingredients, with the paragraph of chemical elements that still graces the package today.