Friday Food Facts

Fun Friday Food Facts Football European Championship edition

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14th Jun 2024 - 08:49

The world record for carrying steins of beer was set in 2021 by Bavarian Oliver Strümpfel, who carried 29 in his hands for 40m
Germany produces more 1,200 different types of sausag

Fun Friday Food Facts Popcorn edition

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19th Jan 2024 - 06:00

Popcorn kernels can pop-up to three feet in the air.
Nebraska is the largest producer of Popcorn in the world as it makes around 250 million pounds of Popcorn annually (one quarter

Christmas Fun Food Facts

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21st Dec 2023 - 07:00

The largest Brussell sprout weighed 8.3Kg.
A family in Michigan has kept a Christmas cake for over 140 years.
Dolly Parton has her own Christmas sugar cookie kit that peo

Fun Friday Food Facts Rugby World Cup edition

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8th Sep 2023 - 06:00

It wasn’t until August 1956, that the Ministry of National Education forbade the serving of alcoholic drinks in schools to children under 14-years-old.
France produces around one b

Fun Friday Food Facts Women’s World Cup edition

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18th Aug 2023 - 06:00

During his election victory speech in 2007, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made reference to the Iced VoVo (a wheat-flour biscuit with pink fondant and raspberry jam).
Austra

Fun Friday Food Facts Plant-Based edition

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19th May 2023 - 06:00

More than 700,000 people from 228 countries and territories signed up to take part in Veganuary 2023, breaking all previous records.
In 2019 there were an estimated 600,000 vegans

Fun Friday Food Facts King’s Coronation edition

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5th May 2023 - 07:00

Walkers has released two limited edition Coronation Sensations flavours including regal lamb & mint and King prawn cocktail.
The official dish of the coronation is a quiche, wh

Fun Friday Food Facts Christmas edition

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16th Dec 2022 - 06:00

Co-op mince pies have retained their crown in 2022 in the UK as the best value shop-bought ones at 16p each.

Final Fun Friday Food Facts, Vol.38

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14th Oct 2022 - 06:00

Beijing has more than 3 million egg-laying hens that are looked after by robot ‘nannies’.
The heaviest carrot was grown in 1998 and it weighted 8.61Kg.
Every day over 75

Fun Friday Food Facts, Vol. 37

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30th Sep 2022 - 06:00

Populations of oysters were so large when European colonists first arrived in America that they were considered ‘the poor man's protein’ and were even used as fertiliser and fish bait.