Parmesan cheese makers fight fakes by incorporating edible microchips
Parmesan cheese makers fight fakes by incorporating edible microchips World August 18, 2023 | 12:44 pm 2 min read Parmigiano Reggiano cheese wheels now have embedded microchips Parmigiano Reggiano, one of the most counterfeited cheeses worldwide, is taking a stand against fake imitations by incorporating microchips. The cheese manufacturers...
Cheese and chips: parmesan producers fight fakes with microtransponders | Cheese
When is a cheese not what it seems? When it’s a fake parmesan. Italy’s renowned parmigiano reggiano, favoured for finishing off bowls of pasta and rocket salads, is one of the most counterfeited cheeses in the world. Now its manufacturers have found a new way to hit back against...
Parmigiano-Reggiano makers are putting edible microchips the size of a grain of sand into their 90-pound cheese wheels to combat counterfeiters
A worker cuts a wheel of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese at the Casearia Castelli, member of Lactalis Group, at the Caseificio Tricolore in Reggio Emilia, Northern Italy, on April 19, 2023. Marco Bertorello/AFP/Getty Images Makers of Parmigiano-Reggiano in Italy are adding microchips to their cheese wheels. It’s the latest move...
Edible Microchips on Parmigiano-Reggiano Used to Fight Counterfeiters
Makers of Parmigiano-Reggiano in Italy are adding microchips to their cheese wheels. It’s the latest move to combat counterfeiters selling rip offs of the premium product. The chips, which are edible and placed on a food-safe label, cannot be read remotely. LoadingSomething is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your...
No—You Shouldn’t Be Using That Shredded Cheese For Weeks
Nothing beats freshly grated cheese, but odds are you probably have a bag of shredded cheese in the back of your refrigerator. Whether you’re topping chili or baking sheet pan nachos, shredded cheese makes for easy meals—but you’ve likely wondered just how long that bag lasts. First and foremost,...
This cottage cheese ranch is on-trend and delicious, too
Comment on this storyComment Rather than dive headfirst into a hot trend, I’m more likely to turn away from it (probably with an eye-roll). Case in point, being inundated with bright Barbie pink lately has me defiantly wearing soft neutrals. The current cottage cheese hype strikes me differently though....
The best new Iowa State Fair food of 2023? A riff on grilled cheese with bacon, brisket
The public has spoken and deemed a novelty grilled cheese dish as the People’s Choice for Best New Food of the 2023 Iowa State Fair. The deep-fried bacon brisket mac-n-cheese grilled cheese from What’s Your Cheez took the top honors, as voted by fairgoers. This novelty dish uses the Rib...
Cheddar AFC agrees new sponsorship deal – with vegan cheese alternative brand
No whey! A football team in Cheddar is causing a stir after agreeing a sponsorship deal with a vegan rival of its popular namesake cheese. Cheddar AFC, which is based in the Somerset town where the much-loved cheese is matured in the famous caves, will now be sponsored by...