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Fun Friday Food Facts 2020 Vol. 1

Written by Edward Waddell
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3rd Jan 2020 - 06:00
  • Tomato sauces like ketchup are allowed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to have as many as 15 fruit fly eggs per 100 grams. 
  • Honeybee workers must visit 2 million flowers

Fun Friday Food Facts 2019 Vol.45

Written by Edward Waddell
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20th Dec 2019 - 08:49
  • In Japan, eating Kentucky Fried Chicken has become something of a Yule tide tradition for millions of people, and can be so popular some diners have to pre-order their special KFC Christmas

Fun Friday Food Facts 2019 Vol. 43

Written by Edward Waddell
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6th Dec 2019 - 09:18
  • There are an estimated one billion snails served in restaurants around the world every year. 
  • One cow can produce up to 144 glass

Fun Friday Food Facts 2019 Vol. 41

Written by Edward Waddell
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22nd Nov 2019 - 09:55
  • The smoothness in chocolate often comes from an emulsifier derived from castor beans, which also happen to contain one of the most toxic natural substances – ricin, which c

Fun Friday Food Facts 2019 Vol. 40

Written by Edward Waddell
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15th Nov 2019 - 08:22
  • The Bible’s forbidden fruit was never explicitly stated as an apple.
  • Hákarl is the national dish of Iceland.

Fun Friday Food Facts 2019 Vol. 39

Written by Edward Waddell
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8th Nov 2019 - 09:36
  • The average cost of a pint in the UK is more than 200% pricier than the continent’s least expensive, which can be found in Prague and would set you back a pound.
  • The UK’s largest g

Fun Friday Food Facts 2019 Vol. 38

Written by Melissa Moody
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1st Nov 2019 - 08:18
  • The pumpkin originated in in the Oaxaca Valley in southern Mexico about 9,000 years ago. 
  • The Irish and Scottish tradition used to mean that turnips were carved instead of punpkins

Fun Friday Food Facts 2019 Vol. 37

Written by Edward Waddell
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25th Oct 2019 - 05:00
  • In 2014, Haagen-Dazs unveiled its first vegetable carrot- and tomato-flavoured ice cream in Japan, The series was called Spoon Vege.