[3] In addition, Argentina is the Latin American country that consumes the most cheese, with 12 kilos per capita per year.
[4] Production is mainly centered in the provinces of Córdoba, Santa Fe and Buenos Aires, in the Pampas region of the central and east-central parts of the country.
[6] These cheeses are one of the few typical Latin American food products with nearly three hundred years of history, along with tequila from Mexico, pisco from Peru and Chile, and chicha, among others.
[5] Modern Argentine cheesemaking culture emerged as a result of the major European immigration wave that took place during the late 19th and early 20th centuries,[3][2] which turned Buenos Aires into a "melting pot" and a great cosmopolitan city, while radically changing the customs of both the working and upper classes.
[9] The provinces with the most important cheese production are Córdoba, Santa Fe and Buenos Aires,[3] and to a lesser extent La Pampa, Entre Ríos and San Luis.