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.

Nutritional information. Ingredients: INGREDIENTS: PASTA (FROM WHEAT), CHEESE SAUCE [DRIED WHEY (FROM MILK), CHEDDAR CHEESE, SALT, BUTTER, NATURAL FLAVOURS, COLOUR (FROM PAPRIKA, TURMERIC AND ANNATTO), CITRIC ACID (ACIDULANT), SODIUM PHOSPHATES].

In America KD is called Macaroni and Cheese because Kraft CAN call it that. The reason it's called Kraft Dinner in Canada is because KD doesn't have enough real cheese in it to be legally named as having cheese. So it's called Kraft Dinner (or KD) instead.

Kraft Dinner comes in a box, contains more than one serving, and it meant to be prepared on the oven or in the microwave. Easy Mac has been renamed as Mac and Cheese Dinner Cups. It comes in a cup, contains one serving and is meant to be prepared in the microwave.

The easy-to-make dinner became popular during wartime for its low price - early advertisements claimed it could feed a family of four for just 19 cents. According to Mashed, Kraft Mac & Cheese grew in popularity during World War II, when two boxes of Kraft Dinner could be purchased for one rationing coupon.

Some of Kraft's most popular products included Kraft cheese, Milka and Toblerone chocolates, Philadelphia cream cheese, Planters nuts, Jell-O desserts, Kool-Aid powdered beverages, Jacobs and Maxwell House coffees, Lu biscuits, Nabisco cookies and crackers, Oscar Mayer meats, and Cadbury Creme Egg and Cadbury Dairy ...

Mac and cheese is a rich and creamy dish consisting of macaroni pasta mixed with a cheesy sauce. It's particularly popular in the United States.

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! Costing less than a dollar a box, we're not complaining! What set this macaroni apart from the crowd was really its perfect ratio of cheese sauce to noodles.

Some of Kraft's most popular products included Kraft cheese, Milka and Toblerone chocolates, Philadelphia cream cheese, Planters nuts, Jell-O desserts, Kool-Aid powdered beverages, Jacobs and Maxwell House coffees, Lu biscuits, Nabisco cookies and crackers, Oscar Mayer meats, and Cadbury Creme Egg and Cadbury Dairy ...

Packaged in Quebec with Canadian wheat and milk, and other ingredients from Canada and the US, Canadians purchase 1.7 million of the 7 million boxes sold globally each week and eat an average of 3.2 boxes of Kraft Dinner each year, 55% more than Americans.

All in all, a single serving of Kraft Original Flavor Macaroni & Cheese Dinner isn't a terrible choice. It can't measure up to a balanced meal of veggies, whole grains, lean meats, healthy fats, etc., but you could do worse.

Ever wonder why macaroni and cheese is so dang good? There's a bunch of science behind it – the dish is full of rich ingredients which make our brain think it's won the lottery. There's also the comfort food factor – mac n' cheese brings up fuzzy warm memories of home.