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.

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.

In 1937 during the Great Depression, Kraft came out with it's boxed macaroni and cheese option. Back then, one box could feed a family of four for only 19 cents and Kraft quickly sold over 8 million boxes in one year.

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.

A macaroni (formerly spelled maccaroni) was a pejorative term used to describe a fashionable fellow of 18th-century Britain. Stereotypically, men in the macaroni subculture dressed, spoke, and behaved in an unusually epicene and androgynous manner.

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

Created in partnership with AOR Gut, directed by award-winning director Ian Schwartz and set to Irma Thomas' classic 1965 single “Take a Look,” three brand spots lean into the sensory experience that tasting Philadelphia cream cheese can bring.

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!

They have more texture. I've always been drawn to the chew factor that comes with mac and cheese shapes. Unlike the original noodles, which can turn into a mushy mess once their cooked, shapes tend to hold their rigid structure.

Canadians 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.

Macaroni and cheese (also called mac and cheese in Canada and the United States and macaroni cheese in the United Kingdom) is a dish of cooked macaroni pasta and a cheese sauce, most commonly cheddar sauce. Its origins trace back to cheese and pasta casseroles dating to the 14th century in Italy and medieval England.