The invention relates to the field of cheese making, in particular to the production of a soft cheese or a spreadable cheese. Provided is a method for preparing a spreadable cheese product, comprising the steps of (a) coagulating wholly or partly the protein of a milk product through the action of rennet or other suitable coagulating agents; (b) partially draining the whey resulting from the coagulation to obtain a cheese curd; (c) preparing a mixture of the cheese curd, water, an amylomaltose-treated starch (ATS) and a pregelatinized starch (PS); (d) heating and shearing the mixture at a temperature between 70 and 80° C.; followed by (e) cooling the mixture under stirring to obtain a spreadable cheese product. Also provided is a spreadable cheese obtainable by the method.