Editing String cheese (section)

{{Short description|Elongated type of cheese}}
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'''String cheese''' is any of several different types of [[cheese]] where the manufacturing process aligns the proteins in the cheese, making it stringy.

When [[mozzarella]] is heated to 60&nbsp;°C (140&nbsp;°F) and then stretched, the [[milk]] [[protein]]s line up.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/16/string-cheese_n_1423938.html|title=What Makes String Cheese Stringy?|date=16 April 2012|work=HuffPost|access-date=1 May 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/string-cheese-vs-mozzarealla-cheese_us_58add1f3e4b0d0a6ef472558 |title=The Real Difference Between String Cheese And Mozzarella Cheese |author=Julie R. Thomson |date=6 March 2017 |access-date=16 February 2018}}</ref> It is then possible to peel strings or strips from the larger cheese.