The Food and Drug Administration says that there is a recall for more than 260,000 cases of shredded cheese sold in 31 states and Puerto Rico because of potential metal fragment contamination.
In a way, yes. I work in the cheese industry, and there’s only a handful of manufacturers making things; a lot of times the only thing that differs is the packaging. Especially when it comes to something simple like shredded mozzarella cheese, the store brands are all the same product with different packaging.
It looks like more than that, according to this article (which, hey, has some actually useful information. Thanks for nothing, AP.)
Recalled shredded cheese products:
Always Save Shredded
Borden Shredded Thick Cut
Brookshire’s Finely Shredded Shredded Thick Cut Italian 6-Cheese – Finely Shredded
Cache Valley Creamery Shredded Six Cheese Italian – Finely Shredded
Chestnut Hill Fancy Shredded
Coburn Farms Shredded Italian Style – Finely Shredded
Econo Shredded Pizza- Shredded
Food Club Finely Shredded Shredded Finely Shredded Pizza Style Four Cheese Blend Pizza Style Two Cheese Blend- Finely Shredded
Food Lion Shredded
Freedom’s Choice Pizza Blend – Fine-Cut
Gold Rush Creamery Shredded
Good & Gather Fine Cut Classic Mozzarella & Provolone – Classic Mozzarella & Parmesan shredded cheese blend
Great Lakes Cheese Shredded Mozzarella & Provolone – Shredded
Great Value Finely Shredded Shredded Italian Style – Finely Shredded Provolone & Mozzarella Blend – Shredded
Happy Farms by Aldi Shredded Italian-style shredded cheese blend
H-E-B Shredded Thick
Hill Country Fare Shredded
Know & Love Fine Cut Classic Cut Italian Style – Fine Cut
Laura Lynn Finely Shredded Shredded Thick Cut Shredded Italian Blend – Finely Shredded
Lucerne Dairy Farms Finely Shredded Shredded Shredded Family Size Rustic Cut Rustic Cut Family Size
Nu Farm Fancy Shredded
Publix Shredded Italian Six Cheese Blend – Fancy Shredded
Schnuck’s Shredded
Simply Go Classic Cut Shredded Rustic Cut Shredded Italian Style Six Cheese Blend – Fine Cut Shredded
Sprouts Farmers Market Finely Shredded Shredded Value Pack
Stater Bros. Markets Finely Shredded Shredded
Sunnyside Farms Shredded
So alll of those cheese brands, are really just Great Lakes Cheese Co.
In a way, yes. I work in the cheese industry, and there’s only a handful of manufacturers making things; a lot of times the only thing that differs is the packaging. Especially when it comes to something simple like shredded mozzarella cheese, the store brands are all the same product with different packaging.
Most of those are store brands, so yes.
Thanks for posting the list.
TLDR: it is the cheap garbage cheese
Any list with good and gather tells you something right there. Looking through the rest… yeah.
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