Friday Food Facts

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.32

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24th Aug 2018 - 08:55

The UK eats more cans of baked beans than the rest of the world combined. 1.5 million cans of Heinz Beanz are sold in the UK every day
In 2005, PG Tips celebrated its 75th annivers

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.31

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17th Aug 2018 - 08:45

When Usain Bolt broke the world record for the 100m at the Beijing Olympics, he was training on a McDonald’s diet of 100 chicken nuggets a day plus side orders of fries and apple pies becaus

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.30

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10th Aug 2018 - 07:00

Peeling an apple will remove 50% of its total fibre and around 30% of its vitamin C
There are coffee houses in Russia where food and drink are free, but you pay for time

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.30

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3rd Aug 2018 - 07:00

In 1982, US President Ronald Reagan named August "Peach Month" and called on all Americans to incorporate the fruit into their diets
Chewing coffee beans can help eliminate bad bre

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.29

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27th Jul 2018 - 09:15

There is an ice cream fruit in Hawaii. That’s right, there’s a Hawaiian fruit that tastes exactly like vanilla ice cream.

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.28

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20th Jul 2018 - 09:47

Made with mashed potatoes or potato starch, potato doughnuts were once so popular they had their own fast food chain: Spudnuts.

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.27

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13th Jul 2018 - 07:00

The way actor Peter Sallis had Wallace say the word ‘cheese’ in the Wallace & Gromit films prompted creator Nick Park to radically change his initial design for the character’s head so h

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.26

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29th Jun 2018 - 07:00

Using a pen and made a mistake?

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.25

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22nd Jun 2018 - 10:09

The word ‘Avocado’ comes from an Aztec word that also means testicle
Napoleon set aside 70,000 acres to explore beet root’s sugar-producing potential.

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.24

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15th Jun 2018 - 08:40

The pufferfish fugu, a Japanese delicacy, is so poisonous that the smallest mistake in its preparation could lead to the death of the person eating it
Japanese cuisine is one of on