Your Daily Facts about Cheese
The top producer of cheese in the world is the United States, approximately 9 billion pounds per year.
America built the first cheese factory in New York in 1851.
The top two states for producing cheese is Wisconsin, (2.4 billion pounds annually) and California (2.1 billion pounds).
Wisconsin opened the first cheese factory in 1868 and it made Limburger cheese.
Switzerland opened the first industrial cheese factory in 1815.
There are over 2,000 varieties of cheeses.
The #1 cheese recipe in America is “Macaroni and Cheese.”
Almost 90% of all cheese sold in the United States is classified as a Cheddar type cheese.
Americans purchased $40 billion worth of cheese last year.
The Pilgrims included cheese in their supplies on board the Mayflower in 1620.
300 million pounds of cheese per year is used by Pizza Hut.
Archaeologist say cheese was made before 6000 B.C.
The milk of several different types of mammals can make cheese, they include cows, goats, sheep, horse, buffalo, and camels. However most are made for Holstein’s because Holstein is the most productive milk producer.
In the United States almost 90% of all cheese sold is classified as a Cheddar type cheese.
Cheddar cheese is so low in moisture that it can last for years.
Ten pounds of milk is needed to make one pound of cheese.
In the United States a third of the milk produced goes into the manufacturing of cheese.
According to the Guinness book of World Records, the largest cheese sculpture was a half-ton cheddar crown made by Tanys Pullin for the anniversary of the Queen’s Coronation.