I don't think you can call the "cheese" part of shredded cheese cheese. I don't know what it is, but it sure isn't sure isn't cheese, and the fact that it contains "wood fiber" really doesn't come as much of a surprise to me.
Say what you want about Europe, but they do have better food than we do and at least some of it has to do with their restrictive food labeling laws. The next time you're in a better grocery store, pick yourself up a small wedge of real imported Parmigiano-Reggiano and compare it to the Kraft Parmesan you probably have in your refrigerator. You'll be amazed.
Most manufacturers (and all that shredded blue cheese ~ sometimes called 'crumbled" blue cheese is "manufactured") prefer to use the word cellulose rather than specify that wheat is an additive.
That means anyone with a wheat intolerance problem cannot trust shredded blue cheese in packages. That's about 26 million folks and growing ~ seems all that extra protein grown into modern wheat strains has brought tens of millions more people within the reach of the "wheat tolerance" limits.
A cheese monger once told me that if you took the fillers out of the canned parmesan cheeses, the actual cheese costs about $35 a pound, hence making Parmesan Reggiano a great bargain. (Sale price at his store 12.99/lb - the middle of a just opened wedge is unbelievable)
A cheese monger once told me that if you took the fillers out of the canned parmesan cheeses, the actual cheese costs about $35 a pound, hence making Parmesan Reggiano a great bargain. (Sale price at his store 12.99/lb - the middle of a just opened wedge is unbelievable)
“The next time you’re in a better grocery store, pick yourself up a small wedge of real imported Parmigiano-Reggiano and compare it to the Kraft Parmesan you probably have in your refrigerator. You’ll be amazed.”
Why put Kraft in the fridge? It will keep darn near forever on the counter...don’t try THAT with your Euro-weenie cheese!