Friday Food Facts

• The dessert Eton Mess was first served at Eton College in the late 19th century at school cricket matches.
• According to research the celebrity that people in England would most lik

P: It is estimated that over 9,000 peas are eaten per person over the course of a year in Britain.

• Encebollado is considered by most people to be the national dish of Ecuador.

• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was temporarily banned in India because of the infamous ‘Dinner of Doom’ scene.

• More than a third of the average slice of bread is ‘moisture’; if you dried it thoroughly it would weigh 38% less afterwards.
• The water footprint of refined sugar is 1,780 litres o

• If global food waste was a country it would be the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases after the US and China.
• The UK throws away around 9.5m tonnes of food waste in a single

• The average American eats 250 eggs per year, which translates to a total annual consumption of 76.5 billion eggs in the U.S.
• Acorns are poisonous, but when treated to remove the ta

• Sweden, Finland, Estonia and India are among the few countries which provide free school meals to all pupils in compulsory education, regardless of their ability to pay.
• The UN est

•    Red Bull, which was founded in 1987 in Austria, is the biggest energy drink brand in the world, selling more than 9.8bn cans in 2021

• Wales: Traditional Welsh recipes include cawl, bara birth, laverbread, Glamorgan sausage and Welsh rarebit.
• Scotland: Haggis is not only the natio