Where is coon cheese from

Saputo has not yet confirmed what will replace the Coon brand going forward. You May Also Like. Follow Us Facebook Twitter Instagram. Broadsheet Media. There have long been calls to ditch the name, but the controversy reached a tipping point in as the Black Lives Matter movement swept around the world. Saputo announced plans to retire the Coon brand last July. Activist Stephen Hagan disputed this claim back in , instead suggesting that the name had purely racist meanings and claiming that Edward Coon patented the cheese ten years after it was first sold.

Saputo Dairy Australia is the largest dairy processor in Australia, meaning that it produces and distributes products such as cheese, milk, creams, cultured products and dairy ingredients.

Searches of public records, newspaper archives and the patent document filed by Edward William Coon confirm his prominence in the cheese business in the early part of the 20th Century. Mr Coon was granted a patent in the US in for his invented method of rapidly ripening cheese using humidity and high temperatures. He eventually sold his prominent cheesemaking business and went to work for the Kraft-Phoenix Corporation in Philadelphia and died of a heart attack in his office in at the age of Dr Hagan lobbied Dairy Farmers, which owned the brand at the time, to ditch the racially sensitive term in favour of something more inclusive.

Jabez Coon was an Australian politician who served in the House of Representatives from to as a member of the Protectionist Party. To join the conversation, please log in. Coon is historically used as a racist slur, and Aboriginal groups have lobbied for its rebranding for decades. It is one of a number of brands to face pressure to rebrand following last year's Black Lives Matter movement. The cheese got its original name from American pioneering cheese maker Edward William Coon who patented a ripening process in the s.

In November, global food giant Nestle made a similar move to stamp out some of their Australian product names after they were deemed offensive.