25 Interesting Food Facts

Here is a list of all the interesting food-related facts which you didn’t know. These facts will amaze you, and you will find that there is a lot of stuff related to different foodstuff which is very interesting.

Interesting Food Facts List:

1. Grapes explode when you put them in microwaves.
2. White wine gets darker as it ages, while the red wine becomes lighter in colour.
3. Tomatoes were originally thought to be poisonous.
4. Heineken beer is designed to foam for exactly 5 minutes.
5. An average person’s fast food intake a year will contain about 12 public hairs.
6. Ice cream is Chinese food.
7. Within 2 hours of standing in direct sunlight, milk loses more than half of its vitamin B content.
8. Dark chocolate reduces the risk of heart diseases.
9. Goat’s milk is used more widely than cow’s milk.
10. In its ancient form, the carrot was purple and not orange.
11. The world’s oldest known recipe is for beer.
12. Coffee beans are not beans, but fruit pits.
13. Blueberry juice boosts memory.
14. Orange juice naturally contains a small quantity of alcohol.
15. Coca-Cola was originally green in colour.
16. Chewing on a gum while cutting onions stops tears.
17. All the 13 minerals needed for human life can be found in alcohol beverages.
18. You can only taste food if it is mixed with saliva.
19. By the year 3,000 BC, there were at least 6 different types of beers in Egypt.
20. Coffee drinkers have sex more often than tea drinkers.
21. Bananas aren’t fruits they are a type of herbs.
22. The first soft drink to be consumed in space was Coca-Cola.
23. During your life, you will eat 60,000 pounds of food, which is equivalent to the weight of 6 elephants.
24. Lemon juice can aid in reducing the swelling caused by insect bites.
25. Cucumber is 96% water.

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