There is no difference between cream cheese and cheese. Cream cheese is a kind of cheese. Cheese is a transliteration of cheese, also known as cheese, cheese, which refers to concentrated dairy products made from animal milk fermented by lactic acid bacteria or solidified by adding enzymes, and whey is removed.

Cheese is mainly divided into natural cheese and processed cheese. Natural cheese is made from milk or goat's milk by adding lactic acid bacteria and chymosin, coagulating, filtering to remove water, soaking in salt water for 3 days, and fermenting for 4-6 months. For example, cream cheese used to make cheesecake belongs to natural cheese. Processed cheese is a product made of/kloc-0 or two kinds of natural cheese with different maturity as the main raw material, which is melted by adding emulsifier and stabilizer. For example, sliced cheese placed in sandwiches is usually processed cheese.

Natural cheese has a short shelf life and needs to be stored in cold storage, which is more expensive; The storage conditions of processed cheese are not so strict, and the shelf life is longer, the taste is better and the price is cheaper.

The easiest way to distinguish natural cheese from processed cheese is to look at the ingredient list. The first item in the ingredient list is pasteurized milk or milk, which means natural cheese. If the first item in the ingredient list is cheese, cheese and cheese, it means processed cheese.