The FDA informed Kraft in 2002 it could no longer market Velveeta as a cheese. The Kraft Heinz Company The year was 1916, and Jacob Weisl, owner of the Monroe Cheese Company of Monroe, New York ...

Between a silky tortilla soup, gooey mac-and-cheese, or delicious queso ... production volume reached the point that Velveeta incorporated. By 1927, Kraft had acquired Velveeta and began marketing ...