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Parmigiano-Reggiano makers are putting edible microchips the size of a grain of sand into their 90-pound cheese wheels to combat counterfeiters (www.businessinsider.com)
submitted 3 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Parmigiano-Reggiano makers are putting edible microchips the size of a grain of sand into their 90-pound cheese wheels to combat counterfeiters::Italian Parmigiano-Reggiano makers are using microchips to verify the authenticity of their products and thwart scammers.

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[–] 21 points 3 years ago (4 children)

TIL there's a global market in fake cheese. Which is to say, real cheese that someone slapped a fancier label on.

I'm sure all the steps we took to reach this point were logical ones, but we still find ourselves in a very strange place.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    Yeah it's like how the Champaign region has brutalised it's soil with over production and now produces substandard grapes compared to other regions but due to established customs can charge the most.

    Cheese makes even less sense as the original taste was down to the quality of the dairy and the process of making it - both of which have changed totally and are easily replicatable, though fake cheese is potentially dangerous if made unlicenced because God knows what corners they could cut - I don't want to eat something full of reminant cleaning products and deadly pathogens.

    Really then avoiding over-priced prestige products is the best choice economically, medically, and morally (I'll skip the essay on that but the main point is it's funding greed and establishing a classist normal which is something we should be moving away from).

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Considering they charge arm an a leg for the damn thing no wonder. Also wait until you find out there are fake eggs mass produced in China. That will mind-stop you.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I'm concerned. At least fake cheese is real cheese. What's lower cost than using hens to produce eggs?

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