The Parmesan 'Cheese' you put on your Pasta could be WOOD
The Parmesan you're putting on your pasta could be WOOD: Report finds some products contain NO cheese
FDA says cheese suppliers have been filling products with cellulose
This is a common anti-clumping agent that is made from wood pulp
100% Grated Parmesan Cheese, from Jewel-Osco had 8.8% cellulose
Wal-Mart Great Value 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese registered 7.8%
You might want to think twice about sprinkling Parmesan on your penne. A new report has found that what you thought was 100 per cent Parmesan cheese may in fact be wood. Even worse, some brands may not have any cheese in their product at all
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is currently in the process of prosecuting industry offenders.
It's involved in a criminal case against Castle Cheese, which was once a major supplier to the big grocery chains, for selling 'Parmesan' products with cut-rate substitutes, such as wood.
The FDA believes other grated Parmesan suppliers have been filling products with too much cellulose - a common anti-clumping agent made from wood pulp.
Neil Schuman's New Jersey-based company, Arthur Schuman, is the biggest seller of hard Italian cheeses in the US. He believes that 20 per cent of US cheese are mislabelled, and many may contain wood
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You might want to think twice about sprinkling Parmesan on your penne.
A new report has found that what you thought was 100 per cent Parmesan cheese may in fact be wood.
Even worse, some brands may not have any cheese in their product at all.
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT CHEESE THAT MAKES IT SO ADDICTIVE?
There's a reason we find it hard to resist a wedge of ripe Camembert.
And it's not the smell or the taste.
Scientists say we are subconsciously drawn to unhealthy food because we see it as dangerous and attractive.
It's the same lure that makes 'dangerous' people irresistible — and the more danger we sense, the harder it is to ignore.
Researchers from Italy's International School for Advanced Studies studied how people saw different foods on both conscious and unconscious levels.
People pay attention to things that are dangerous and so when we see it we can't help but be lured in.
The more unhealthy the food the more dangerous it seems to us - and the harder it is to resist.
