Is it Italian or EU-wide regulation? 'Cause it tastes alright in Germany too, if you like the too well done patties and the ‘inoffensive’ sauces that is
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SippyCup@feddit.nl 4 weeks agoSo fun fact, Italy has stricter laws regarding what can legally be called cheese. Meaning for McDonald’s to call it cheese on the burger, it needs to actually be cheese.
The American singles McDonald’s uses in the US and presumably other 3rd world countries is reportedly 60% real cheese and a bunch of other crap. Which more than passes as cheese according to the FDA, which only requires 51% real cheese content to be labeled Cheese. Kraft Singles, America’s favorite American cheese product don’t meet this requirement, and are notably not labeled as cheese.
Zwiebel@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
We follow the general EU regulations, but also have our own much stricter rules. sopuli.xyz/comment/18001654
SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
We have very strict rules about cheese, yes. Including massive monopolies on certain types, where exactly one company is allowed to procude and sell a certain cheese legally (ex. parmisan). This protected cheese type is also tracked and each wheel of cheese is indexed into an internal blockchain web.archive.org/…/parmigiano-reggiano-fraud-micro…