Friday Food Facts

Forget calling it ‘The Big Freeze’, it’s ‘The Big Cheese’.

Potatoes can absorb and reflect WiFi signals and were even used by Boeing to test their in-flight WiFi signal by putting sacks of potatoes on a seat for days at a time.

It’s not your fault if you have a sweet tooth because humans are born craving sugar.

Popcorn has more protein than any other cereal grain. It also has more iron than eggs or roast beef. It has more fibre than pretzels or potato chips

Food tastes blander on aeroplanes than it does on the ground because our taste buds and sense of smell change at high altitudes.

Did you know that half of the world’s blackcurrant crop is grown in Scotland, equalling around 150 different species and they’re all named after mountains, including Ben Hope, Ben Gairn and Ben Ald

Did you know that 6,000 Quality street sweets are produced per minute, a total of 67 million every week!

Love a good bank holiday? You have Cadbury to thank for that. They were the pioneering company that first adopted the custom of closing the business on bank holidays.

In the UK we eat on average 84kg of meat a year – the equivalent of 740 quarter pounders.

A big spoonful of peanut butter can help cure hiccups. Take a big tablespoon and hold it in your mouth for 5-10 seconds then swallow the peanut butter without chewing.