Kraft Foods facts
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A line in the Barenaked Ladies song "If I Had $1000000" inspired fans to pelt Kraft Dinner at the band during concerts. After hundreds of boxes were thrown BNL requested fans cease the Kraft Dinner ritual and donate the food via bins set up in the lobbies of their shows for local food banks.
Kraft singles (processed cheese) cannot be advertised as cheese because US FDA standards states a food can only be identified as a cheese if it contains 'at least 51% real cheese'
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In 2012 the confectionary portion of Kraft became Mondelez International.
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Kraft purchased Cadbury in 2010 for $18.9 billion.
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Kraft Foods is mostly owned by tobacco maker Phillip Morris.
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Kraft American Cheese Singles Have Been Labeled A Health Food By Professional Nutritionists
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Kraft Dinner is a common contender for 'national food' of Canada.
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Vegemite's creation began in 1922 when Kraft Food Company hired a young chemist to develop a spread from one of the richest known natural sources in the Vitamin B group – brewer’s yeast.
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One of the key reasons why James L. Kraft, founder of Kraft Foods, was able to make his company into an empire was to make his cheese easy to slice
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The fictional diner from TV’s “Saved by the Bell” (called “The Max”) was actually a fully functional restaurant serving actors and extras real food from the Kraft services table. They even received a "D" rating from the Los Angeles County Health Department.
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Kraft Foods has a massive truck warehouse built underground in old mines in Springfield, MO, known as Kraft Caves
Kraft foods gave away a real spaceship simulator. - source
Kraft foods was owned by Phillip morris tobacco
