Some facts about cheese

  1. Cheese have been found in ancient Egyptian tombs over 4,000 years old.
  2. The word cheese comes from Latin caseus.
  3. Cheese was popular in ancient Greece and Rome, but fresh milk and butter were not.
  4. Cheese consists of proteins and fat from milk, usually the milk of goats, cows, buffalo, or sheep
  5. Cheese takes up about ten percent of the volume of the milk it was made from.
  6. Some studies claim that mozzarella, cheddar, Swiss and American cheeses can help to prevent tooth decay.
  7. Leicester Cheddar and Cheshire cheeses have been colored with annatto seed for over two-hundred years.
  8. Contrary to the idea that cheese commonly causes nightmares, the effect of cheese upon sleep was positive.
  9. Non-pasteurized cheeses are legal in the United States as long as they’re more than 60 days old.
  10. Germany is the world's largest (per capita) consumer of cheese, with 31.1 kg eaten by the average German.
  11. The single most frequently eaten cheese in the United States is Mozzarella.
  12. The largest producer of cheese is the United States, accounting for thirty percent of world production, followed by Germany and France.
  13. The mold in blue cheeses is a penicillium.