17 Food Facts That Will Amaze Every Foodie In The Universe

Everything in this world has something peculiar and quirky about it, food included. In fact foods is one category, that encompasses loads of interesting and sometimes really weird stories around it. There are a few we all know, but then that’s just the tip of the ice berg, or should I say tip of the ‘food berg.’

Go ahead and enlighten yourself with some of these random but peculiar facts about food that we enjoy.

1. Apples

There are more than 8000 varieties of apples – the largest variety than any other fruit, but it actually belongs to the Rose family. Newton, I guess, would have preferred a rose to fall on his head.

2. Bananas

Eating bananas can help one fight depression. Also banana tree is not at all a ‘tree’ in technical terms , but a herb. It’s trunk is not woody but is made of tightened spiral leaves.

3. Tomato

Scientifically arguing, tomato is actually a fruit. Do you now want to display it in your fruit bowl!

4. Beetroot

If you like natural products for cleansing yourself, get your hair dandruff free-naturally. Its simple. Boil some beetroot in water and wash your hair with that water.

5. Honey

Honey has a shelf life for ‘life’! it will never go bad or rot in your lifetime. Now that’s an age which I call ‘honey-finite’!

6. Chocolate

With a melting temperature of 32°C ( 90°F), just below human body temperature, chocolate is the only edible item that melts in one’s mouth.

7. Fruit loops

No need to fight over the colored Fruit Loops kids. Choose any color and they all taste the same!

8. Peanut butter

Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter getting stuck to the roof of the mouth. Arachi, in Greek means groundnut and Phobia means fear.

9. Cranberries

Ripe cranberries and rubber balls have something in common. Both are supposed to bounce sky high. Want to test it with cranberries, try it at your own risk!

10. German Chocolate Cake

Don’t get fooled by the name. A German chocolate cake is not German. It gets its name from one Sam German, an American, who created it.

11. Pringles

Proctor and Gamble, the owners of the brand Pringles, actually fought a law suit in Britain to prove that Pringles are not potato chips.

12. Peach

Canned peaches were the first ever fruit to be savored on the moon. Now that’s a Lunar first, isn’t it.

13. Cocoa Bean

Ancient Mayans used Cocoa bean as currency as it were considered worth more than Gold dust!

14. Cucumber

One of the most hydrating foods to eat is cucumber, as its 96% water. It is a good hangover cure too. Seriously…do you eat this thing or drink it!

15. Almonds

Nutty, crunchy and used in variety of food preparations, Almonds are no “nuts” but seeds. They are botanically related to Orchids.

16. Ketchup

Ketchup was once consumed as a medicine in 1830s, as a treatment to diarrhea and other illnesses.

17. Potato

Potatoes are used to test/improve internet signals on airplanes as they absorb WiFi signals.

Some amazing trivia’s those! Hope you enjoyed reading these and would remember them while relishing these foods.