Velveeta is not suppose to be eaten as cut cheese. It's for cooking or melting only. I would never give a child plain Velveeta to eat, yuk. I only buy it to make cheese dip for a crowd. Spam is too processed to be in a regular diet but it's excellent for campfire food. A thin slice of Spam fried crisp over over a camp fire is delicious! I grew up with Spam being in the house but it was never eaten uncooked.