Those containers of grated parmesan cheese are a convenience we’ve all taken for granted, but have you ever looked at the ingredients label? Did you know that the FDA lets producers add an anti-clumping agent known as cellulose or what we would call saw dust?
Some cellulose is fine, but there are brands that add way too much along with other non-parmesan cheese items.
how much wood could Kraft Cheese chuck if Kraft Cheese could chuck wood?
When I lived in Cali in the 90s there was a big uproar among foodies and hippies about how cottage cheese could contain Plaster of Paris as a thickening agent. I never ate the stuff anyhow but it was interesting to see how shit like this is completely “legal”, probably because some effing crony bought a politician or an FDA rep
Didn’t Euell Gibbons choke to death on a pine cone??
I always look at the ingredients. If there’s something that I can’t identify as being necessary to the product, it goes right back on the shelf. You have to pay more for the good stuff, but I think you end up paying less to the doctors further on down the road.
dang it I wish I knew that, I had a bunch of artificial cheese lying around after sawing firewood but silly me, I just through it in the trash.
threw it!!! sorry about that cheif
Take a look at all the cellulose in ice cream.
Bon appétit !
Cellulose is also the primary component in celery.
And lettuce.
And spinach.
And leaves.
And grass.
And all plant material.
Granted it’s not expected in cheese, but is not as though they use something as bulky as actual sawdust.
But is still a source of fiber, which is helpful when you eat cheese, iykwimaityd!
these cheap-ass manufacturers are a bunch of cheese-paring bastards
I’m like Tony The Tiger when it comes to Romano Cheese – “It’s Grate!”