Last year, Americans consumed an average of 30 pounds of cheese per person, up from only 17 or 18 pounds per person in 1980, according to USDA. The largest jump in consumption for the major cheeses has been for mozzarella. In 1980, the average person ate three pounds of it; by 2000, that number tripled to more than nine pounds per capita. It is now the third-most popular cheese in the U.S., with more than 237 million pounds consumed per year, observed Fox News Channel.

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