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.
We add new tasty facts often, so please bookmark this page to keep updated with the latest food & drink facts.
Food & Drink Facts
Studies have found that regular garlic consumption can make your body odor smell much more pleasant.
The Pringles mascot’s name, “Julius Pringles,” started as a 2006 Wikipedia hoax. Until then, he was simply known as Mr. P, but in 2013, Kellogg officially adopted the name.
In the 1875 Dublin whiskey fire, 13 people died not from the flames but from alcohol poisoning after whiskey from burning warehouses flooded the streets and was drunk by residents.
Several of the “Real Facts” on Snapple caps have been found to be outdated, incorrect, or exaggerated.
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.
As many as 60,000 British people are hospitalized yearly from “wrap rage” accidents while trying to open food packaging.
Humans have been using yeast to produce alcohol for over 13,000 years, with evidence of beer brewing dating back to 11,000 BC in modern-day Israel.
It costs around $290,000 per year in fees to run a hot dog cart near the Central Park Zoo in New York City. This does not include other cart-related expenses.
In 2016, a student left a pineapple in an art museum in Scotland. Two days later, it had been placed in a glass case as part of an exhibition.
Potato chip bags are filled with nitrogen gas to prevent oxidation and maintain crispness, ensuring the chips stay fresh and unspoiled.
According to the FDA, Kraft Singles are labeled as “pasteurized prepared cheese product” due to containing under 51% real cheese.
Movie theaters make roughly 40% of their profit from concession stands. This is because ticket revenues have to be shared with the movie distributors.
In the 1980s, Pringles’ founder, Fredric Baur, requested to be buried in a Pringles can. His children honored the request.
The popular refreshing drink 7-Up used to contain lithium nitrate, a mood stabilizer often used in psychiatric treatments, and was marketed as a hangover cure.
Dipping bread in olive oil and balsamic vinegar isn’t a traditional Italian practice; it actually originated in San Francisco.
Vernors Ginger Ale is the oldest soda still being sold. It was created by Detroit pharmacist James Vernor in 1866.
A survey conducted by the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy found that 7% of American adults, about 16.4 million people, believe chocolate milk comes from brown cows.
In 18th-century England, having a pineapple was a symbol of wealth because of high import fees. They were often used as displays instead of being eaten.
McDonald’s sells approximately 550 million Big Macs annually in the United States and around one billion globally.
In 1886, Coca-Cola sold nine servings of its drinks per day in its first year; now it has over 2.2 billion servings consumed daily worldwide, which is about 25,500 every second.
Although often thought to be Italian, pepperoni was invented by Italian‑American immigrants in New York City in 1919.
