• @[email protected]
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      9 months ago

      It’s used in shredded cheese as well to prevent the cheese from sticking to itself. It’s also why you don’t really want to use shredded cheese in foods where the cheese needs to properly melt like grilled cheese sandwiches or pizza.

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        29 months ago

        Single best reason to buy parmesan flakes or chunks.

        Also important to know if you have a wood/smoke allergy.

      • my_hat_stinks
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        79 months ago

        That’s kind of a strange argument. Cellulose isn’t necessarily wood but wood is cellulose. Your sandwich is made with bread.

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          19 months ago

          Partly correct, wood is a mixture of cellulose, hemi-cellulose and lignin in varying amounts.

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        59 months ago

        Cellulose powder is wood pulp. It doesn’t really have nutritional value and is often used in the production of certain medicine types as well, but it is definitely wood.