5. Is McDonald's cheese 1% away from being plastic?

"The major ingredient in our signature slices is natural cheese, so the plastic rumor is just a myth," says Nicole Thornton, a McDonald's crew member in Sydney, Australia, in a video.
Other main ingredients include milk solids, butter and emulsifiers, which are additives used to improve the color and texture of processed foods.
"If you are referring to the smoothness and flexibility of our cheese," Thornton explains, "that is obtained by blending heated cheeses and other ingredients with emulsifiers and then dispensing it onto a smooth chilled surface, just like some of the processed cheeses you'll find in the supermarket."
The ingredients in McDonald's cheddar cheese slices, as listed on the company's website, are as follows: Milk, cream, water, cheese culture, sodium citrate, and 2% or less of salt, citric acid, sodium phosphate, sorbic acid (preservative), lactic acid, acetic acid, enzymes, sodium pyrophosphate, natural flavor, color added, and soy lecithin.