Cougar Gold Is A College Campus-Made Award Winning Canned Cheese

Cougar Gold is a canned, sharp white cheese made at Washington State University's creamery in Pullman since the 1940s, where they safely store and age it in a 30-ounce can.

According to the creamery's website, WSU's dairy facilities now produce 250,000 cans of cheese annually — 200,000 of which contain year-aged Cougar Gold cheddar.

Since its inception, Cougar Gold has garnered its fair share of awards from prestigious national and international cheese-tasting competitions.

It won its first blue ribbon from the American Cheese Society in 1988. Then, in 2000, it won the silver medal at the World Cheese Awards — basically the Olympics for cheesemakers.