Is anyone else feeling hungry? Just me, hmm… well, these food and drink facts are gonna leave you hungry (or thirsty) for more!
Here at The Fact Site, we have rounded up the most interesting facts about your favorite foods or beverages, and you can see them all right here!
From strange fruit & vegetables to your favorite dairy products, these fun facts should please your appetite.
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Food & Drink Facts
About 4% of global cheese production is stolen annually, making cheese the world’s most stolen food.
Despite their appearance, banana trees aren’t trees. They are actually the largest herb species in the world and are distantly related to ginger.
In the 1990s, Taco Bell made a soft taco tortilla with a 9-month shelf life, which NASA later used for space missions.
Kosher salt has larger, coarser crystals and usually lacks iodine and anti-caking agents, unlike table salt, which is finely ground, often iodized, and includes anti-caking agents.
Smuckers Uncrustables sends all of the crusts they cut off their sandwiches to be made into animal feed.
Thomas Sullivan’s 1908 tea samples came in silk bags, which customers put in hot water to brew tea, leading to the accidental invention of the tea bag.
Dandelion flowers and greens are actually edible, can even be eaten raw, and are chock-full of nutrients!
President George H. W. Bush banned broccoli from being served on Air Force One and at the White House because he simply did not like the vegetable.
In 1995, blue M&Ms were added to the lineup following a public poll that replaced the tan M&Ms, which were deemed redundant because they looked similar to the existing brown M&Ms.
McDonald’s sells approximately 550 million Big Macs annually in the United States and around one billion globally.
More than ninety TV shows and movies, including Parks & Recreation, Workaholics, and Star Trek, used the same beer prop, Heisler Beer.
Dipping bread in olive oil and balsamic vinegar isn’t a traditional Italian practice; it actually originated in San Francisco.
The Chinese character “biáng,” linked to a noodle dish, is one of the most complex characters to write, consisting of 62 strokes.
Red Lobster once suffered a loss of over $3 million from an “Endless Crab” promotion after an executive underestimated just how much crab customers could consume.
The world’s smallest McDonald’s is the McHive, a miniature restaurant replica in Sweden built in 2019 as a fully functional beehive for real bees.
Costa Coffee employs Gennaro Pelliccia as a coffee taster, who has had his tongue insured for £10 million since 2009.
In 1889, Margherita pizza was crafted to honor Queen Margherita, using ingredients that symbolize the Italian flag’s colors: tomato, mozzarella, and basil.
Due to their semi-aquatic nature, the Catholic Church once considered beavers to be fish, fit for consumption on meatless Fridays.
Nestlé produces KitKat and Rolo globally, with the exception of the U.S., where these products are manufactured by their competitor, Hershey’s.
Taco Bell made a commercial featuring 25 people actually named “Ronald McDonald,” all of whom endorsed their brand.
In 2012, Papa John’s was sued for sending late-night spam texts and settled for $16.5 million after people demanded over $250 million in damages.
