If you pick up a block of Parmesan cheese at the grocery store, you assume it's the good stuff, preferably from Italy. But many times it's mixed with cheaper cheeses and sometimes wood pulp. (Now that's something to chew on!) Larry Olmsted calls out these frauds in his book Real Food/Fake Food. Here are the biggest offenders:
1. Coffee
If you brew your own pot at home, buy your beans whole, not ground. Ground coffee often contains additives, such as wheat, barley, and even twigs (crunchy!), because it's cheaper and harder to tell the difference in the bag.
2. Tea
Tea seems like such a wholesome drink, but some varieties are mixed with other leaves and sometimes even sawdust to make it last longer, Olmsted says.
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