That Parmesan cheese you’re shaking on your spaghetti and meatballs might not be quite up to snuff.
One cheesemaker told Dairy Foods that some plants are cutting back on the cheese ingredients and replacing them with starches. There’s nothing wrong with adulterating cheese with flow agents, he said, but passing them off as Parmesan just isn’t cricket. It’s cheating consumers and it’s cheating the dairy industry of billions of dollars.