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Parmesan wins U.S. Super Bowl of cheese

A Parmesan from Wisconsin has beaten off more than 1,300 rivals to take the title of America’s Best at the U.S. Championship Cheese Contest.
SarVecchio Parmesan, described as having a mellow caramel flavour with a crunchy crystal texture, was crowned the winner at the biennial cheese-off in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Parmesan pilferers spark unusual security

Cheese thieves with a taste for high-class produce have prompted a British superstore to take the unusual step of placing wedges of parmesan in tamper proof security boxes.
Up to 70 percent of expensive cheeses were vanishing from the shelves of Sainsbury’s superstore in Bedford before the lockdown, the Bedfordshire on Sunday newspaper reported.
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