Friday Food Facts

• It wasn’t until August 1956, that the Ministry of National Education forbade the serving of alcoholic drinks in schools to children under 14-years-old.
• France produces around one b

• During his election victory speech in 2007, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made reference to the Iced VoVo (a wheat-flour biscuit with pink fondant and raspberry jam).
• Austra

• More than 700,000 people from 228 countries and territories signed up to take part in Veganuary 2023, breaking all previous records.
• In 2019 there were an estimated 600,000 vegans

• Walkers has released two limited edition Coronation Sensations flavours including regal lamb & mint and King prawn cocktail.
• The official dish of the coronation is a quiche, wh

• Co-op mince pies have retained their crown in 2022 in the UK as the best value shop-bought ones at 16p each.

• Beijing has more than 3 million egg-laying hens that are looked after by robot ‘nannies’.
• The heaviest carrot was grown in 1998 and it weighted 8.61Kg.
• Every day over 75

• Populations of oysters were so large when European colonists first arrived in America that they were considered ‘the poor man's protein’ and were even used as fertiliser and fish bait.

• The vegetable that loses its taste the fastest is asparagus, so it is recommended that it is eaten on the day of purchase if possible.
• Andrew Lawrence holds the record time for run

• Full of flavour and sweeter than other crabs, the Cromer Crab is probably Norfolk’s most famous food item and can be found on menus around the world.
• Norfolk has traditionally been

•    It takes 50 glasses of water to grow enough oranges to make one glass of orange juice