eli5 How do restaurants bring out jars of Parmesan cheese for sprinkling on your food that’s not refrigerated?

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Since it’s cheese wouldn’t it have to be refrigerated to last long enough to be added to a dish? Thinking about pizza places/ Italian restaurants in the US

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Foods like aged cheese with high salt content and low moisture content are shelf stable under normal
room temp/humidity

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Parmesan is a hard cheese, meaning it has low moisture and high acidity. This slows the growth of bacteria and mold that cause cheese to spoil. Restaurants also go through grated cheese relatively quickly, so the cheese doesn’t have a chance to spoil before it’s consumed.