For those of us who love Italian food, there nothing more delicious than the addition of parmesan cheese fanfare at the start of a well prepared meal. However, depending on the brand you buy cheese, this might not be parmesan pour on your food. It might actually be a form of sawdust ...
In 2012, the FDA agents raided a cheese factory in rural Pennsylvania. The factory belonged to Castle Cheese Inc. Thanks to a tip, officers had reason to believe that the company was contaminating its supposedly 100% real parmesan with substitutes at reduced rates.
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their investigation revealed evidence that the castle was in fact make up their cheese. Parmesan their flagship brand, it is located, was filled with things like dough wood . In some cases, the "cheese" barely contained any cheese at all.
Unfortunately, this gross finding was not an isolated incident.
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previous FDA Acts surveys show a clear trend of parmesan cheese suppliers cut their product with fillers. Common ingredients include cellulose made from wood pulp and cheddar cheese, which is much cheaper than Parmesan.
Cellulose is considered by the FDA as a food additive to strong levels around two to four percent. However, consumer brands parmesan cheese often contain levels around the mark of eight percent.
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As expected, the cheese fraud in US grocery stores is not limited to a little Parmesan. Several independent investigations were found numerous cases of missing ingredients or mislabeled in all kinds of cheese.
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In a small victory is expected the president of the castle to plead guilty to criminal charges this month resulting from the 2012 survey She faces a $ 100,000 fine and up to one year in prison.
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Still though, the problem of so-called cheese "false" is far from solved America.
(via Bloomberg)
I do not think anything will ever stop me from loving pizza, but after reading this I might start thinking twice about going into places $ 1 / slice cheap pizza. Something tells me they are not using high quality ingredients.
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