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>Parmesan (cheese byproduct and sawdust) Nitpicky, but this is itself misleading. Canned parm is mostly actual cheese, it's just... not very good. "Sawdust" is

>Parmesan (cheese byproduct and sawdust) Nitpicky, but this is itself misleading. Canned parm is mostly actual cheese, it's just... not very good. "Sawdust" is there in small amounts for anti-caking purposes, not bulking.

toxik 7y ago
I can only speak for myself but I strongly prefer zero sawdust in my parmesan.
- tptacek 7y ago
  Unless you're grating it from a block every time you use it --- which, yes, is what you should do --- you probably shouldn't worry too much about which anti-caking agents are being used.