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Cheddar isn't American, it's English. America hasn't "allowed" anything here, because they've been coloring it in England since the 17th century.

And you're wrong about "yellow cows", in a way. Cheddar was first made in the village of Cheddar in Somerset, England, and the milk did have high levels of beta-carotene because of the local breeds eating the local grass. The original cheddar was yellow without anybody adding coloring at all.

There are naturally yellow cheeses. Probably all of them yellow as they age and dry

> I get that chocolate milk comes from brown cows

... what?

It is known...by all kids up to the age of 8. Right about the time the truth about Santa Clause, Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy are known.

Ice cream used to be made of polar cows milk until the 50s. The world of food is truly bizarre.

They’ve been bred that way for over 100 years in the US.

interestingly chocolate milk is often made from the yellow milk.