American Cheese or equivalent?

Might be on another post, but I haven't seen any from more recent times (and I didn't search back too far to be honest :/ ) and this might be a really stupid question, but do they have Land O'lakes White American Cheese over there or any regular american deli cheese there? If not, is there an equivalent to it? I've had some random talks about my husband about cheese (as he thinks Americans eat plastic cheese haha) and he's not positive about whether they have the same type of american cheese there but said there's loads of cheese so one is bound to be similar. I'm not a massive cheese fan so I'm not really interested in trying all types until I find one similar to what I'm use to. Sorry for the length on such a stupid topic heh

Suggestions please and thank you?

I'm not sure about American cheeses in the UK... I've never looked for any because I'm not really a fan of American cheese - too processed for me, I'm afraid (give me a nice crumbly, mature English cheddar any day).

Plus, there are so many other types of cheese to choose from here that I don't even think to look for American cheese (I'm British and one thing I really missed while living in the US was a decent choice of cheeses - my favourite UK and continental cheeses seem to be expensive and hard to find in the US).

I just had a look on the Tesco supermarket website and they stock over 130 cheeses, including 68 different cheddars (all British or Canadian varieties it seems though).

Thanks for the response! I honestly didn't think to check on Tescos website. I probably should've checked there first.

Yeah my husband is English and he thinks our cheese is all plastic McDonalds processed cheese haha. He makes fun of me all the time about it :p  But as I said, I'm not a massive cheese fan, especially not of crumbly cheeses. I'll have to keep researching it seems.

Oh well. Thanks again! 

These Dairylea cheese slices are the closest thing I've found in the UK to the US Kraft's American cheese slices:

http://www.dairylea.co.uk/dairylea2/page?siteid=dairylea2-prd&locale=uken1&PagecRef=650

I haven't seen any white American cheese equivalents in the UK.

Hope that helps.

I've not seen a white one other than the Dairylea one.  I buy amerian style cheese for my kids and they really don't like that one (very artificial and plastic IMO) I do buy some from Costco that is better I think. It's by Kerrymaid and is orange but much nicer.  I know its not as good as some of the cheeses you can get here but they like it in a sandwich.  It does come in like a 2 pound package though but keeps fine in the fridge.

Thanks guys for the suggestions I really really really appreciate it!

Might I suggest that perhaps you're not a big cheese fan because you've only ever had horrible American cheeses? If what you're after is that bland processed taste of white American cheddar, start with the supermarket value range (e.g. Tesco Everyday Value, Asda Smartprice) mild white cheddar (might also just be called mild white cheese). You can usually also get pizza mozzarella. But as everyone has said above, I hope you'll consider widening your horizons and trying different types of cheeses here. It's still nothing compared to the range you get in France, but it's a hell of a lot more than what you get in supermarkets in the US, and there are flavours and textures to suit every taste!

We occasionally get DairyLea for grilled cheese (I use mostly sliced gouda cheese with a bit of DairyLea for that gooey grilled cheeseness).  That's all we use it for, I think.... there are loads of other types of cheese we prefer (mature cheddar, brie, halloumi, mozzarella.... mmmmm). 

A slightly annoying New York guy and the great, piratical Jay Rayner discuss American diner foods with a particular emphasis on the viscosity of American cheese.

Ozersky TV: American Food with Jay Rayner (Produced by Underground Eats)

My Wegmans at home has over 400 varities of cheese from all over the world.  Way more than I can get in the stores around me. 

My Wegmans at home has over 400 varities of cheese from all over the world.  Way more than I can get in the stores around me. 

Agreed. I can't find the cheeses here that I can in Wegmans.

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Wegman's is pretty much the promised land as far as cheese goes. And olive bars!