Kraft Dinner

Kraft Dinner (marketed as KD in Canada; Kraft Mac & Cheese in the United States, Australia and New Zealand; and Mac and Cheese in the United Kingdom and internationally) is a nonperishable packaged <a href="/facts/Macaroni_and_cheese/kL2EeEjF">macaroni and cheese</a> mix. It is made by <a href="/facts/Kraft_Foods_Group/oPKaNMam">Kraft Foods Group</a> (or former parent company <a href="/facts/Mondelez/XJ5Jwbcf">Mondelez</a> internationally) and traditionally cardboard-boxed with dried <a href="/facts/Macaroni/H73y799w">macaroni</a> pasta and a packet of <a href="/facts/Processed_cheese/yFtzKxpf">processed cheese</a> powder. It was introduced as Kraft Dinner in Canada and the U.S. in 1937. The brand is particularly popular with Canadians, who consume 55% more boxes per capita than Americans.
There are now many similar products, including <a href="/facts/Private_label/mNcBq5Dp">private label</a>, of nonperishable boxed <a href="/facts/Macaroni_and_cheese/kL2EeEjF">macaroni and cheese</a>. Commercially, the line has evolved, with deluxe varieties marketed with liquid <a href="/facts/Processed_cheese/yFtzKxpf">processed cheese</a> and microwavable frozen mac-and-cheese meals. The product by Kraft has added many flavour variations and formulations, including Easy Mac (now Mac & Cheese Dinner Cups), a single-serving product specifically designed for <a href="/facts/Microwave_oven/nS1B3wp2">microwave ovens</a>.
The product's innovation, at the time of the <a href="/facts/Great_Depression/5K13wcg0">Great Depression</a>, was to conveniently market <a href="/facts/Nonperishable/6vkwko5H">nonperishable</a> dried macaroni noodles together with a <a href="/facts/Processed_cheese/yFtzKxpf">processed cheese</a> powder. It is prepared by cooking the pasta and adding the cheese powder, <a href="/facts/Butter/FqydR0dC">butter</a> (or margarine), and <a href="/facts/Milk/wDJBUHvy">milk</a>.

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Kraft Dinner