US Cheese Consumption On The Rise

The US Department of Agriculture has been tracking cheese consumption:



Some cheese facts:

• Average US cheese consumption nearly tripled between 1970 and 2003, from 11 pounds per person to 31 pounds.
  
  
• 60% of our cheese comes from eating out (or ordering in).
  
  
• In 2000 cheese contributed:
  • 26% of the calcium in the US diet (up from 11 percent in 1970)
    
  • 12% of the saturated fat (up from 5 percent in 1970)
    
  • 16% of the sodium (up from 6 percent in 1970)

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