Am I being conned? Shimano SIS SP41 gear cable outer - fake?

[I like Skol]

Just received 5mtrs of cable outer I ordered from an online supplier and it is unbranded. I mean, the advert specifically states Shimano in the title (with logo) and shows the branded bulk box in the images for the item. However, the cable outer is not branded in the usual way. In my experience genuine Shimano stuff has the details clearly marked in silver text.
Here's two pieces I have left over from previous cabling jobs....

The latest delivery is plain black other than a barely legible/discernible imprinted Shimano logo at regular intervals

Construction appears similar to my other samples but as gear shifting is such an important quality to get right I don't want to compromise by using shoddy knock-off goods. Has anyone else had experience of buying bulk lengths of SIS gear cable outer (or even better, have a box of the stuff sat on the shelf) and can they confirm if the plain black stuff is legit?

 

[dan_bo]

Looks legit.

 

[raleighnut]

People getting fed up with silver writing on the cables ?

 

[Paulus]

Could just be more modern stock.

 

[I like Skol]

Could just be more modern stock.

Could be I guess, I don't know It just seems odd in this day and age of conspicuous branding that they would go backwards when the trend is for in-your-face logos on every surface.

May be I just worry too much

 

[Dragonwight]

Who was the supplier? I don't recall any silver writing on some I bought a while back from CRC.

 

[potsy]

May be I just worry too much

I think you've answered your own question

 

[PaulSecteur]

My sp41 cable thats 2 years old looks like your first photo.

I wouldnt think that shimano would hace their top tier cable without some sort of indication on it.

That said, they did do some new cables for the 11 speed shifters thats supposed to be super-slick with some sort of internal coating.