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Jewel pulls Parmesan cheese with wood pulp from grocery shelves
2016-02-20 03:17:41| Grocery - Topix.net
U.S. supermarket chain Jewel-Osco removed all of its Essential Everyday 100% Parmesan Cheese from shelves amid concerns about the use of cellulose, a food additive made from wood. The move follows a Bloomberg News investigation published Feb. 16 that revealed a canister of the grated cheese tested by an independent laboratory contained 8.8 percent cellulose.
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