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July 30, 2024 1:00 AM
Cheetos were made from surplus war rations.
During World War II, U.S. military were looking to cut down on shipping cost for war rations. In 1943, a USDA scientist did what was previously thought impossible: dehydrating natural, fatty cheese, making it easier to send across the ocean. After the war, the military was left with a bunch of leftover dried food, which was offloaded to private companies. One of the corporations to take advantage of the processed food fire sale was Frito, now Frito-Lay. In 1948, it rolled out one of the most famous uses of dried cheese to date: Cheetos.