How to distinguish natural cottage cheese from a plant-based fake: a simple trick with boiling water
Unfortunately, not all food manufacturers understand the meaning of the word "quality" in the same way. As a result, food counterfeits with a high content of vegetable fats appear.
And humanity is already so intimidated by palm oil that it dreams of it in everything.
We will tell you whether it is possible to distinguish natural cottage cheese from a plant-based fake in the kitchen or whether a laboratory test is required for this.
The cottage cheese may not look suspicious on the outside, but on the inside it will be stuffed with something unknown and definitely some kind of nasty stuff.
It's a shame to buy a product with your hard-earned money and then have to come to terms with the fact that only a few percent of the total mass of the product was natural.
How to check cottage cheese
You will need some boiling water, a glass or bowl, and the cottage cheese to be tested.
You need to do it like this. Fill a convenient container with 1-1.5 cups of boiling water. Break off a small amount of curd mass (about a teaspoon) and place it in boiling water.
Then we observe for 2-3 minutes.
If the product remains a lump, and the water is only slightly clouded from the whey, then you can breathe a sigh of relief. The cottage cheese is natural.
If it crumbles into small lumps, and a film or oily spots form on the water surface, then the conclusions are disappointing.
By the way, many cat owners notice that their animals refuse to eat fake food products.
