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I wonder about this. If you just grate a bunch of cheese and stick it in bag, obviously, it will stick together a bit, but I wouldnt mind it if all I had to do is rub it between my hands to make it fall apart.
I dont need each shred to be completely loose. I would be willing to pay that little extra for grated cheese that isnt treated with the anti-caking agents. I want my pizza cheese to be a choking hazard.
Well, if you want to know what it's like, grate some cheese, store it in a plastic bag. Then carry it with you in a small cooler all day, making sure to pull it out for maybe five to ten minutes two or three times. That gets close to what the shipping process is like. It isn't usually a matter of just rubbing it between your hands. You'll have clumps that are so tightly bound that it defeats the purpose of pre shredded.
Not that there's anything wrong with preferring freshly shredded at all. But you gotta have realistic expectations. Cellulose and starches don't hurt anything. They're essentially flavorless, and don't cause any harm. They only drawback to them is when you try to melt cheese, and if you're doing that, why pay the extra per unit price for pre shredded to begin with?
I make stuff like pizza often enough where I want the cheese to be able to melt better. The starch/cellulose probably also effects how it melts into a sauce.
I actually dont ever buy pre-shredded cheese, mainly because it's usually not good cheese to begin with.