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Recent SundaysThe Food Manufacturing Guy
Sunday
There's no cream in Coffee-mate
It's water, corn syrup solids and soybean oil. The white comes from oil droplets so small they scatter light.
Sources: ingredient statement · 21 CFR 101.4(d)
The Food Manufacturing Guy
Sunday
FDA tested a 100% parmesan and found no parmesan
Swiss, mozzarella, white cheddar and cellulose. The president pleaded guilty.
Sources: FDA report via Bloomberg · DOJ W.D. Pa.
The Food Manufacturing Guy
Sunday
The Philadelphia in the tub isn't cream cheese
The label says cream cheese spread. That's a different federal standard, and it lets more water in.
Sources: 21 CFR 133.133 · ingredient statements