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Fun Friday Food Facts 2019 Vol. 30

Written by Edward Waddell
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30th Aug 2019 - 08:31
  • In 2016, thieves stole £20,000 worth of Jammie Dodger biscuits from its factory in South Wales.

Fun Friday Food Facts 2019 Vol. 28

Written by Edward Waddell
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16th Aug 2019 - 08:12
  • More than 163 million cups of tea are consumed every day in Britain (which is approximately two and a half cups per person).

Fun Friday Food Facts 2019 Vol. 27

Written by Edward Waddell
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9th Aug 2019 - 08:29
  • Shark meat needs to be soaked well before it’s eaten because sharks urinate through their skin.
  • The country with the largest number of regional foods protected by EU law is Italy w

Fun Friday Food Facts 2019 Vol. 26

Written by Edward Waddell
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2nd Aug 2019 - 08:50
  • Most wasabi consumed is not real wasabi but coloured horseradish (real wasabi comes from grating the root of the Wasabia Japonica which can be found in Japan).
  • The name ‘Pepsi' com

Fun Friday Food Facts 2019 vol. 24

Written by Edward Waddell
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19th Jul 2019 - 09:36
  • Black soldier flies are the future if scientists are to be believed – their larvae can be baked into bread and biscuits, dried for pet food, used in place of fishmeal in the diet of farmed f

Fun Friday Food Facts 2019 vol. 23

Written by Edward Waddell
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12th Jul 2019 - 05:00
  • The stickers on fruit are edible (FDA considers them food grade).
  • In the Philippines people eat a common street food called Balut.

Fun Friday Food Facts 2019 Vol. 22

Written by Edward Waddell
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5th Jul 2019 - 05:00
  • The lollipop was first invented in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1908 by George Smith, who enjoyed going to the races so much that he named his creation after a competitor of the time, a horse

Fun Friday Food Facts 2019 Vol. 21

Written by Melissa Moody
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28th Jun 2019 - 06:00
  • Astronauts do not consume sodas or carbonated drinks in space because the lack of gravity to separate the liquid and gas in the stomach leads to a kind of vomiting called 'wet burping'.