Title: Coon cheese - Wikipedia
Headings: Coon cheese
Coon cheese
Contents
History
Background
Red Coon (1931–1959)
Coon (1959–)
21st century
Naming controversy
Coon's process
Footnotes
References
Further reading

Content: Coon cheese - Wikipedia
Coon cheese
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Australian cheese brand
For other uses, see Coon. COON

Type
Cheese
Inception
1931
( 1931)
as Red Coon; from 1959 COON
Manufacturer
Warrnambool Cheese and Butter, Allansford, Victoria, Australia
Website
coon .com .au
Notes
Parent company is Saputo Inc.
Coon (stylised as COON ), formerly marketed as Red Coon, is the Australian trademark of a cheddar cheese (known as "tasty" in Australia) produced by the Warrnambool Cheese and Butter company, which is majority-owned by Canadian dairy company Saputo Inc.
The Kraft Walker Cheese Co. (a partnership between Fred Walker and James L. Kraft) launched a cheese known as "Red Coon" around 1931. In October 1949, Kraft Foods Inc. registered the trademark "COON" for cheese with the US Patent Office, claiming use since 1910. The company formerly stated that the name derived from the American cheesemaker Edward Coon of Philadelphia, who patented a method in the US in 1926 for fast maturation of cheese via high temperature and humidity. However, there appears to be no indication in older Australian sources that Kraft Walker Cheese Co. patented or used his method. On 13 January 2021, the chair and CEO of Saputo Inc. announced that "Coon" cheese was to be rebranded as " Cheer " cheese, the new name scheduled to be launched in July 2021. The name was chosen to signify happiness. Contents
1 History
1.1 Background
1.2 Red Coon (1931–1959)
1.3 Coon (1959–)
2 21st century
3 Naming controversy
4 Coon's process
5 Footnotes
6 References
7 Further reading
History
Background
In 1916, Fred Walker – after having had some success with manufacturing foods – learnt of Chicago businessman James L. Kraft 's processing method of halting the maturation of cheese. Walker went to the United States to meet him and acquire the Australian rights to use this method.