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A) Sometimes it's cellulose - corn starch and other anti-caking agents are also used B) it's legally limited to 4%, not 10%
by happyopossum 2y ago
A) Sometimes it's cellulose - corn starch and other anti-caking agents are also used
B) it's legally limited to 4%, not 10%
- wahnfrieden 2y agoThat's fine to say it is so on paper however the legal limit is not respected with several common household brands testing at 8-9% in last results I can find. They're incentivized to pad the product with anti caking agents to reduce cost, and it is essentially unenforced. Expect this to worsen as FDA is undergoing planned dismantlement.
- whyenot 2y agoPlease provide a link to back this up. The Eater.com article you linked to elsewhere is from 2016 and refers to a specific enforcement action where a company plead guilty to food adulteration for adding excessive cellulose to parmesan cheese. Not a great example of something being "essentially unenforced."
- 0xffff2 2y agoCan you link to some of this testing?
- wahnfrieden 2y agoNo