Fun facts you need to know about cheese!

Why is cheese named cheese?

Cheese, as well as the Spanish queso and German Kaese and a few other cheese words, all can be traced to the Latin word for cheese, caseus. Going back a little further, the root is a term that refers “to ferment, to become sour.”

Fun facts you need to know about cheese!

There are more than 2000 varieties of cheese available worldwide.

Cheese production around the globe is more than the combined worldwide production of coffee, tobacco, tea, and cocoa beans.

People of Greece are the largest consumers of cheese worldwide. An average person from Greece consumes around 27.3 kg of cheese every year, about ¾ of which is feta cheese.

Cheese is an excellent source of protein, calcium, and phosphorus.

Cheese can be produced using a variety of milk, including cow, buffalo, goat, horse, and even camel.

Some varieties of cheese, like mozzarella, cheddar, and Swiss, help prevent tooth decay. They promote the flow of saliva, which leads to the elimination of sugar and acids from the mouth.

During the Roman Empire, large Roman houses had separate kitchens used only for the manufacturing of cheese, which were called careale.