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[Tigriss]

Wait a consarndit minute....it says that "he was induced to purchase Great Value's "100% Grated Parmesan Cheese" at a premium price ". Since when is GENERIC a PREMIUM Price item???? What did he think he was buying? Most block cheese and sliced cheese is also tossed with cellulose because it keeps moisture from forming in the wrapper. He is an idiot if he thought WalMart's generic products are premium.

[cotto22]

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@Tigriss wrote:
Cotto22, the ingredient labels say cellulose, so it is there for the consumer to read. It is in all pre-shredded cheeses. It keeps them from sticking together, like gummy candies and things. Another common source of cellulose is corn cobs from processing corn into its many forms.

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If it is just in the package to prevent sticking, why would there need to be 7-10% of the package contents? I could understand 1-2% for that purpose, but any more than that seems more like a filler than a reducant of any sort.

[Tigriss]

He may have bought the big bag, and each individual cheese is coated on all sides. If it was the finely shredded cheese, then there was more of it by volume. BUT, don't let the stats fool you; you can make them appear one way or the other depending upon how you word it all. They probably calculated it by volume, so that percentage wouldn't be off for the big bag, 5lbs of cheese. This is consistent across the pre-shredded cheese industry. 100% chesse probably refers to the actual cheese itself and not the coating. The details will be in the fine print filed with the FDA, which will easily sink this suite quickly because the FDA allows it as use in food prodcuts.

[millieshops]

If this guy (and his lawyer who persuaded him to sue, of course) were to win -  what do you think he should get in damages?  If I were on his jury, I'd go to $1.00 --providing there's no mention of cellulose on the packaging.  If it's in the ingredients and he could have known, I wouldn't vote for anything -  not from Walmart, not from Kraft, etc.

Most of the class-action suits I see in the financial news just don't show damages that are serious.  I'm all for law suits over serious issues -  gas tanks that explode, airbags that detonate shrapnel come immediately to my mind.  I'm just not for creating millionaires in courts.  I once said that when I was being interviewed for a jury panel.  Would you believe it?  They rejected me!!!!

[Nataliesgramma]

i buy a hunk of Parmesan at my local Italian store and grate it myself.

You never what you are eating anymore....

[Tigriss]

Here is another fine example of how class action law suites turn out....This is the one on Subway sandwiches not measuring 1 foot long. Taken from Foxnews.  The settlement part is a hoot!

Subway customers can finally rest assured that their "Footlong" sandwiches will be as long as promised.

A judge last week granted final approval to a settlement of a class-action suit filed against Subway after an Australian teenager in 2013 posted an image of his sandwich on Facebook that was only 11 inches. The image garnered international media attention, with The New York Post writing that it found four out of seven Footlongs it purchased in New York "measured only 11 or 11.5 inches."

A judge had given preliminary approval in October to a settlement between Subway's parent company Doctor's Associates and plaintiffs' attorneys. Final approval was granted on Feb. 25.

As part of the settlement, Subway agreed to institute practices for at least four years to ensure its bread is at least 12 inches long. The judge approved $520,000 in attorney fees and $500 for each of the 10 individuals who were representatives of the class, but no monetary claims were awarded to potential members of the class.

"It was difficult to prove monetary damages, because everybody ate the evidence," said Thomas Zimmerman, who was co-lead attorney for the class. Zimmerman said the attorney fees are being split among 10 law firms.

Subway said in a statement that it was pleased the judge found no wrongdoing on its part.

[Carmie]

What a stupid law suite.  Cellulose has been added to many foods for years.  Most of the . Low calorie breads, ,!rolls and cake and some cereal products contain cellulose.

it's listed on the label.  You can't win a law suit if it is listed and not hidden. !You can't fix stupid!

[Kachina624]

According to information released last week, all the brands of Parmasean  cheese contained cellulose, including Kraft. 

No product labeled Great Value is a premium product.