Your cheese is teeming with microplastics

It ain’t gouda news.

A study out of Italy found that nearly all dairy products contain microplastics — and there are way more in cheese than in regular old milk.

But not all cheese is created equal: Some varieties have more particles than others.

A study out of Italy found that nearly all dairy products contain microplastics — and there are way more in cheese than in milk. Africa Studio – stock.adobe.com

Researchers at the University of Padua analyzed 28 dairy samples including milk and several cheeses and discovered microplastics in all but two of them.

The most common kinds of microplastics were PET, polyethylene and polypropylene, which are often found in food packaging — but the authors note that that’s not the only way plastic might be seeping in.

In fact, it could be contami