One of its most popular products, Kraft macaroni and cheese was introduced in 1937. At just nineteen cents a box and easily prepared, the prepackaged product was a hit during the Great Depression and into World War II as rationing took place and working women had limited time at home.

Kraft Macaroni & Cheese TV Spot, 'Help Yourself: Skip Crew' Song by Remi Wolf.

James Lewis Kraft Although James Lewis Kraft, the inventor of Kraft Dinner, was not the first person to create processed cheese, he was the first to receive a patent in 1916. Kraft used the patent to build his business after he encountered a salesman who had begun attaching bags of grated cheese to pasta products with a rubber band.

1937 It was introduced under the Kraft Dinner name simultaneously in both 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 private label, of nonperishable boxed macaroni and cheese.

In 1937, Kraft debuted its boxed macaroni and cheese, which it sold for 19 cents and contained four servings. Its slogan was “make a meal for four in nine minutes,” and the product got a big lift with American consumers during World War II because you could get two boxes and spend only one ration point.

The International Pasta Organisation traces the word 'macaroni' to the Greeks, who established the colony of Neopolis (modern day Naples) between 2000 and 1000BC, and appropriated a local dish made from barley-flour pasta and water called macaria, possibly named after a Greek goddess.

Cheesasaurus Rex Full front view of Cheesasaurus Rex (mascot for Kraft Macaroni and Cheese) advertising icon. Spotted orange dinosaur holding a brown box.

In 2006, a Hardee's TV commercial pointed out, their cheeseburgers had so much cheese, you would not want to leave the cheese that sticks to the paper behind. And it was called "cheese paper." It was not clear where the squirrel's particular food item was from.

In the end, the classic macaroni and cheese brand took the crown. That's right, your standard box of Kraft is really the best boxed mac and cheese out there!

Turns out, it is mostly milk products and byproducts like whey and milk protein and cheese culture, milkfat and lactic acid. Kraft has recently started taking out the more chemical-based ingredients like artificial dyes and flavors.

In 1914, J.L. Kraft and his brothers purchased their first cheese factory in Stockton, Illinois. In 1915, they began producing processed cheese in 3-1/2 and 7-3/4 ounce tins.

Kraft Dinner as the full meal deal was introduced to hungry Americans in 1937 and Canadians in 1939. During World War Two more than 50 million boxes of KD were devoured because grocery shoppers could get two boxes with one food stamp.