Friday Food Facts

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.3

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19th Jan 2018 - 10:07

The world record for eating peas is held by Janet Harris of Sussex who, in 1984, ate 7175 peas one by one in 60 minutes using chopsticks!
In 1920s America when fashion started to r

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.2

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12th Jan 2018 - 09:18

The name "Pepsi" comes from the word "dyspepsia," which means indigestion.

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.1

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5th Jan 2018 - 10:21

A 10-pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit gum was the first ever item to have its barcode scanned when bought – it happened at an Ohio supermarket in the US in June 1974
All parts of an e

Fun Friday Food Facts 2017 Vol. 50

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22nd Dec 2017 - 09:04

The Sami people from northern Scandinavia traditionally fed magic mushrooms to their reindeer and then collected their urine to drink.

Fun Friday Food Facts 2017 Vol. 49

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15th Dec 2017 - 10:25

In Slovakia, it is a Christmas tradition that the oldest man of the household takes a spoonful of loksa pudding – a potato-based pancake batter - and throws it at the ceiling.

Fun Friday Food Facts 2017 Vol. 48

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8th Dec 2017 - 09:21

£50m is spent on buying more than 370 million mince pies over the Christmas period. And every Brit eats an average of 27 mince pies each
Can water be too clean?

Fun Friday Food Facts 2017 Vol. 47

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1st Dec 2017 - 10:37

Taking ginger daily can help reduce muscle pain caused by exercise, or at least researchers claim. In a 2010 study a team of scientists said it could cut pain by 25%.

Fun Friday Food Facts 2017 Vol. 45

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17th Nov 2017 - 10:11

Consumption of too much salt can be deadly – you need to take about 1 gram of salt per kilogram of weight to die and this was used as a method of ritual suicide in China – especially among t

Fun Friday Food Facts 2017 Vol. 44

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10th Nov 2017 - 09:56

If you had to survive on just one food, what would be the best bet?

Fun Friday Food Facts 2017 Vol. 43

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3rd Nov 2017 - 10:21

You can now buy an apple that doesn’t brown when sliced. Released in 2016 the Arctic Apple is the first genetically engineered fruit to be sold in the US.