Origins Of Top Businesses: The Strange Connection Between Philadelphia Cream Cheese And Italy

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 This section of our site is called “Origins Of Top Businesses.”  

It features interesting facts about the early years of well-known businesses.

These facts are given to you for fun and inspiration.
Fun because how many top businesses started out is really surprising.
Inspiring because it will help you as a business owner see that if they can do it, so can you.

Now for today’s facts:

• In 1872, a guy named William Lawrence, who was from Chester, New York,  accidentally came up with a way of making an “unripened cheese” (it’s a heavier and creamier cheese). It happened while he was looking for a way to reproduce the soft, French cheese known as Neufchâtel.
• Surprisingly, other dairymen came up with similar creations on their own.
• Here is where the story takes a unique twist. In 1912, James Kraft developed a form of pasteurized cream cheese. 
• Not only that, Kraft acquired the Philadelphia trademark in 1928. He marketed pasteurized Philadelphia Cream Cheese so well that it is now the most commonly used cream.
• How common? It’s the primary brand of cream cheese used to make cheesecake.
• Want an even more surprising example of how popular and widespread a brand it is? Do you know what they call “cream cheese” in Italy? It’s  called “Philadelphia” and pronouced “Feel-ah-DEL-fee-ah.“