The history of American cheese

  • The 1700's

    First cheese's are made in America by the Puritan dairy farmers.
  • 1831

    Wisconsin's first cheese making factories are operating
  • 1845

    swiss cheese becomes popular in green county
  • 1851

    first american cheese is created
  • 1903

    kraft cheese is beging to sell in a band wagon.
  • 1930

    40% of cheese consumed in america is american cheese
  • 1949

    kraft singles becomes popular and sold with a long shelf life while being pausterised