What makes nacho cheese do the thing that it does? How do nachos 'nacho'? Well, it's the NaCHO that let's the nachos 'nacho'. In cheese there's a molecule called Sodium Citrate - Na5C6H5O7. When you warm up a mixture of cheese, the sodium substitutes itself for some of the calcium that’s helping the proteins cling. The result is a stable, smooth, gooey melt.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisodium_citrate

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