Food Facts

Below you'll find some interesting facts which we found while gathering information for this site, some you may already know, but hopefully you'll find it informative, possibly scary and even amusing reading.

Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries.
The onion is named after a Latin word meaning large pearl.
Half of the world's population live on a staple diet of rice.
During a lifetime the average person eats about 35 tonnes of food.
Ice cream is Chinese food.
The founder of McDonalds has a bachelors degree in Hamburgerlogy
In France, people eat approximately 500,000,000 snails per year.
Carrots Really Can Help You See In The Dark! Vitamin A is known to prevent "night blindness," and carrots are loaded with Vitamin A. So, why not load-up today!
There are about 100,000 bacteria in one litre of drinking water.
Cream is lighter than milk.
The first ever cereal created was Shredded Wheat
Over 1,000 litres of beer are drunk in the House of Commons each week.
Have A Tomato With Your Burger! When a source of Vitamin C (orange, lemon, grapefruit, strawberry, tomato, potato, etc.) is eaten with meat or cooked dry beans, the body makes better use of the iron in the protein food.
A portion of the water you drink has already been drunk by someone else, maybe several times over.
The largest food item on a menu is roast camel
The first soup that was made of hippopotamus
Peanuts are used in the manufacture of dynamite.
Refined beans are only fried rice
It has been traditional to serve fish with a slice of lemon since the Middle Ages, when people believed that the fruit's juice would dissolve any bones accidentally swallowed
Worcestershire sauce is made from dissolved fish.
The popsicle was made by an 11 year old who kept it secret for 18 years
Coconut water can be used (in emergencies) as a substitute for blood plasma.

The above information was gathered from the following websites:

http://www.nms.on.ca/Elementary/fun_food_facts.htm
http://listverse.com/health/top-10-incredible-food-facts