hperrin@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 months agoWood smells like we should be able to eat it, but we can't.message-squaremessage-square143fedilinkarrow-up1326arrow-down122
arrow-up1304arrow-down1message-squareWood smells like we should be able to eat it, but we can't.hperrin@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square143fedilink
minus-squareFartsWithAnAccent@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up16·edit-24 months agoOP confirmed for beaver with dental issues. It might interest you to know that we do eat wood when we eat that sprinkled parmesan or romano cheese in the plastic containers: It contains wood to prevent the cheese from clumping (and it counts as fiber)
minus-squareCosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 months agoThank God I can eat cheese to get my fill of wood for the day.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months agoI just call it laxative
minus-squarescutiger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoIf you consider cellulose to be wood, sure. They don’t put actual wood in there.
minus-squarescutiger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoCellulose can come from just about any type of plant. Cotton is almost entirely cellulose, for example. I don’t know what their cellulose comes from, but saying cellulose is trees is like saying milk is cheese.
minus-squarePandantic [they/them]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months agoAll shredded cheeses, I believe.
minus-squarescutiger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoMany shredded cheeses are mixed with corn and/or potato starches rather than cellulose (which is not wood either)
minus-squarePandantic [they/them]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoThanks for the info!
OP confirmed for beaver with dental issues.
It might interest you to know that we do eat wood when we eat that sprinkled parmesan or romano cheese in the plastic containers: It contains wood to prevent the cheese from clumping (and it counts as fiber)
Thank God I can eat cheese to get my fill of wood for the day.
Mmm, anti caking agents…
I just call it laxative
If you consider cellulose to be wood, sure. They don’t put actual wood in there.
What cellulose do they use then?
Cellulose can come from just about any type of plant. Cotton is almost entirely cellulose, for example.
I don’t know what their cellulose comes from, but saying cellulose is trees is like saying milk is cheese.
All shredded cheeses, I believe.
Many shredded cheeses are mixed with corn and/or potato starches rather than cellulose (which is not wood either)
Thanks for the info!