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Default Parmesan cheese sold at stores including Walmart and Whole Foods might not be what you think it is

In article >,
says...
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> On Thu, 18 Feb 2016 12:23:17 -0800, sf > wrote:
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> >On Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:57:38 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >> It was poorly presenting on the news here. They showed a photo of the
> >> whole cheese, not the grated and I never heard the word "grated" in the
> >> presentation. From what I saw, it is easy to draw an incorrect
> >> conclusion. Reading another article it was defined as grated.

> >
> >It can be in a bag of shredded cheese too. Enlarge to read the
> >ingredient list.
http://i.imgur.com/xDUVmXU.jpg
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> Based on my experience of shredding cheese at home, I can see where
> something should be added to prevent it from becoming a sticking glob
> of cheese rather than shreds. When making a cheese sauce or soup we
> use a dusting of flour at times and it doubles as a thickener. Never
> thought much about it, but on Locatelli brand Pecorino Romano grated
> there are no other ingredients listed. Sheep milk and salt.


It's a sheeps milk cheese. Sheeps milk and salt are the only
ingredients :-)

Janet UK