Tag: cheese

• Monday, August 20th 2018 - 08:12 UTC

  Pharaohs also loved cheese: 3.200 year old sample (with brucellosis) found at a tomb of Ptahmes

  

  Aged cheeses might have an appeal but a 3,200-year-old sample of the popular dairy product found in Egypt may be just a little too old — and diseased — for even the most dedicated cheese connoisseurs.

• Thursday, February 10th 2011 - 06:39 UTC

  Uruguay has the highest per capita milk consumption: 230 liters annually

  

  Uruguay has the highest per capita consumption of milk in Latin America averaging between 225 and 230 liters. This compares favorably with Argentina’s 220 liters, Brazil’s 110 and Chile’s 100.