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.”

~ Legend has it that the 1st cheese was created 4,000 years ago, accidentally!

~ It takes about 10 pounds of milk to make just 1 pound of cheese!

~ Some cheeses are illegal in the United States. Can you guess what type? Unpasteurized!

~ France produces approximately 400 distinct types of cheese.

~ Cheese caves are a real thing!

~ Many lactose intolerant people can eat aged cheeses

~ France produces approximately 400 distinct types of cheese.

~ Cheese caves are a real thing!

~ The most popular cheese in the world is Mozzarella!