Eli5 How do they put the cheese bits in Oscar Meyer cheese loaf?

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I am flabbergasted about it

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Answer 1

The missing info for you is not knowing how that type of meat is made.

Bologna, hot dogs, and any other kind of “loaf” meat like that isn’t single cuts of meat. It’s a bunch of meat scraps, fat (lard), salt, dye, and flavorings all dumped into a [huge industrial blender](https://i.insider.com/51eda1306bb3f7627c00000e?width=1000&format=jpeg&auto=webp) and blended [into a paste](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2NzUm7UEEIY/maxresdefault.jpg). Then they press the paste back into log/loaf shapes, or extrude it like play-doh to make hot dogs.

So making things like cheese loaf is actually super easy. Blend up all the meat stuff, then once it’s a paste just stir in the some cheese chunks (or olives or whatever you want), *then* press the mix into loafs and logs.