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Fun Facts

1. There is no exact information regarding the origin of cheese, archaeological studies have shown the origin of cheese dates as far back as 6000 BC. Studies also show that during that era cheese was made from cow’s milk and goats in Mesopotamia.
2. There are more than 2000 varieties of cheese available worldwide, mozzarella is the favorite around the globe, and the most consumed.
3. Pizza Hut is the largest cheese-using fast food giant, it uses approximately 300 million pounds of cheese annually, mostly on pizza.
4. Cheese production around the globe is more than the combined worldwide production of coffee, tobacco, tea, and cocoa beans.
5. 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.
6. The first cheese factory was established in Switzerland in 1815, however successful mass production began in 1851 in the United States.