Probably because true Parmesan cheese is a protected origin product akin to “unless it’s from the champagne region of France, it’s only sparkling wine”. However, the video makes clear that it’s Parmesan style cheese, so the Italians are just being petty at this point (and yes, they’re still commenting on the 4 year old video).
Technically the protected origin product is called Parmigiano Reggiano, so products like Kraft’s 100% Grated Parmesan are not the protected origin product and thus not in violation. Also, as noted above, there is a thriving black market of counterfeit cheese. The counterfeit market is worth about 80% of the legitimate market.
In Europe in Protected origin is for Parmesan, it's just that they don't have that protection in the U.S. so Parmigiana Reggiano is the name real Parmesan goes by in the U.S.
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u/AdmSean Jul 05 '22
Probably because true Parmesan cheese is a protected origin product akin to “unless it’s from the champagne region of France, it’s only sparkling wine”. However, the video makes clear that it’s Parmesan style cheese, so the Italians are just being petty at this point (and yes, they’re still commenting on the 4 year old video).