Parmesan or Wood Pulp, how do you know?
Parmesan or Wood Pulp, how do you know? Over here at Coltura Foods we are big fans of worldly cheeses, the ones that taste so good, but tend to smell bad. If you like cheese like we do, you know what were talking about. It is a sad to hear that the American people could be eating a lot more than what they are hoping for when buying Parmesan cheese on the shelf at your favorite grocery or retail store.
Grading cheese is no fun, believe me if you grew up an Italian household, you were always given this job! So our suggestion is, the next time you are going to open a nice bottle of wine and make your favorite pasta dish, buy a block of cheese and grade it yourself. The reward, hopefully real cheese, and the little chunks of parmesan that are too small to grade…consider it a sample for the manual labor.
The FDA warns that the Parmesan you may be eating might not be a 100% real cheese and may contain Wood Pulp, aka Cellulose. You can read the full article below, source Time.com!
