BEWARE: If This Parmesan Cheese Is In Your Fridge You Need To Throw It Out Immediately
By Michele
A new report is showing that America’s favorite Parmesan cheese contains ingredients that you might find disturbing and had no idea you were eating.
Bloomberg News tested the store-bought brand for cellulose. Most of the cheeses tested contained an anti-clumping additive.
That anti clumping additive is made of wood pulp. Yes you read that right...Wood pulp!
The canister Bloomberg tested of Walmart’s Great Value 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese is 7.8% cellulose. Jewel-Oscos’s Essential Everyday 100% Grated Parmesan is 8.8% cellulose. Kraft is 3.8% cellulose.
1. Value 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese is 7.8% wood pulp.
2. Jewel-Osco Essential Everyday 100% Grated Parmesan is 8.8% wood pulp.
3. Kraft is 3.8% wood pulp.
Here’s what Walmart Spokesperson John Forrest Ales said to Business Insider: “Our repeated testing of this item proves it meets federal regulations for its standard of identity,” Walmart spokesperson John Forrest Ales told Business Insider. “Even though using anti-caking aids is common across the industry and approved by the FDA, and testing a single sample is statistically unreliable, our compliance team is looking into these findings with the supplier.”
Cheese makers say that they are investigating the results now.
Cellulose is safe, according to Bloomberg. However, it is listed as an ingredient in a product that says “100% Parmesan.”
Cheese makers mix in higher levels of wood pulp when making cheese. Wood pulp is cheaper than pure Parmesan. The company’s president will plead guilty to pumping these products full of cellulose. These people are packaging wood and selling it as food!
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