Parmesan Labels Won't Tell You These 3 Things

Is the grated parmesan in your fridge real parmesan cheese? Three things the "100% Grated Parmesan Cheese" label won't tell you: how much of the can isn't cheese, what "100%" really means, and how long the cheese actually waited. We went to the original documents behind the fake parmesan and "wood pulp" headlines: federal law, FDA records, court decisions and lab tests, and how American parmesan differs from Parmigiano Reggiano. CHAPTERS 0:00 Three things your label won't tell you 0:43 #1 How much of it isn't cheese 2:11 #2 What "100%" really means 4:18 #3 How long it waited 7:50 The words, not the cheese SOURCES U.S. standard for parmesan, 21 CFR 133.165 (eCFR): https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21... U.S. standard for grated cheeses, 21 CFR 133.146 (eCFR): https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21... Canada, Food and Drug Regulations B.16.100 (2016 version): https://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/regula... Health Canada, List of Permitted Anticaking Agents: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canad... Bloomberg News lab test, 2016 (copy filed in court): https://www.lb7.uscourts.gov/document... FDA Warning Letter to Castle Cheese, July 11, 2013 (archived): https://wayback.archive-it.org/7993/2... U.S. Department of Justice, Castle Cheese sentencing: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdpa/pr/... Bell v. Publix Super Markets, 7th Circuit, Dec. 7, 2020: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-... Court of Justice of the EU, Case C-132/05, Feb. 26, 2008: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conte... Federal Register, April 6, 1999 (Kraft temporary permit): https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/F... Federal Register, Dec. 29, 2000 (permit extension): https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/F... Federal Register, Sept. 27, 2005 (request for comments): https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/F... Cellulose is a safe, legal anti-caking agent. This video is about labels and what you pay for, not food safety. Secret Ingredient uncovers the weird food history behind what you buy every week: what the label won't tell you, and the original documents that prove it. American food history, fake food and food facts exposed, always backed by real sources. New video every week.