Expert reveals 3 expensive restaurant foods that are often fake


Whether you've eaten the lobster substitute at Red Lobster, or bought less-than-100% Parmesan cheese from Walmart, the fake food industry probably impacts your life. And, most likely, you didn't even notice it.

Larry Olmsted, author of 'Real Food/Fake Food', published an article in Eater on Thursday outlining some of the most common deceptions in the food service industry.

Here are three food that raise some of the biggest questions for the expert, as described in the article.

1. Kobe beef

The supplies of Kobe beef are so low that, according to Olmsted, more than 99% of supposed "Kobe beef" sold in the US is simply a lie. Since Kobe beef costs more than $20 an ounce, if you're purchasing something that isn't absurdly expensive that is supposedly made of Kobe beef, you're probably being scammed.

2. Red snapper

Red Snapper



3. Truffles

black truffles on bread with butter
Flickr/Premshree Pillai



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