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Interesting facts about meat

September 11, 2009 | In: Food facts

Whatever type of meat you buy, go for the very best quality you can find. It's better to have a smaller amount of good meat, than a large serving of a meat that has been factory farmed and processed. Avoid cheap processed meats like burgers and...

All mushrooms are fungi but not all fungi are mushrooms. The Kingdom of Fungi also includes yeasts, slime molds, rusts and several other types of related organisms. Mushrooms are low in calories, have no cholesterol and are virtually free of fat...

Interesting facts about coffee

September 8, 2009 | In: Food facts

More than 50 countries produce coffee in commercial quantities. 5 million people are employed in Brazil's coffee industry. Brazil produces around 40% of the world’s coffee supply. A coffee tree has a lifespan of about 50 to 70 years. Coffee...

Interesting facts about tea

September 8, 2009 | In: Food facts

There are four main types of tea which are, white, green, oolong, and black. Tea contains about 50% less caffeine than coffee, making it a great alternative to those that are sensitive to caffeine intake. Scientists have reported for many years...

Interesting vegetable facts

September 7, 2009 | In: Food facts

Darker green vegetables contain more vitamin C than lighter green vegetables. Tomatoes are not a vegetable, they are a fruit. They were once considered a type of apple by France and Italy and used to be yellow, not orange or red. The world's...

Interesting fruit facts

September 7, 2009 | In: Food facts

Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams. Apples contain an antioxidant that fights cancer . The banana plant is in the same family as the lily and the orchid. A medium-sized orange contains the amount...

Interesting egg facts

September 3, 2009 | In: Food facts

China produces most eggs, at about 160 billion per year. In the US, about 260 million hens produce more than 65 billion eggs per year. A hen can lay about 250 eggs per year. The chicken is one of the first domestic animals, appearing in China around...

Interesting beer facts

August 31, 2009 | In: Food facts

The oldest brewery in North America was built in 1786, the ancient Babylonians had created the first recipes for beer. The first beer cans were produced in December 1935. Beer is the second most popular beverage in the world, coming in behind...

Milk is the only drink in the world that contains such a large range of naturally occurring nutrients. It is difficult to obtain enough calcium without consuming milk. In some parts of the United States, milk is more expensive than...

An ice-cream-like food was first eaten in China in 618-97AD. King Tang of Shang, had 94 ice men who helped to make a dish of buffalo milk, flour and camphor. In USA, the average amount of ice cream eaten is an amazing 21 litres per person per year...

McDonald's was founded in 1955 by Oak Park native Ray Kroc, who worked as a salesman of milk shake machines. Ronald McDonald® speaks more than 25 different languages. McDonald's has sold well over 100 billion hamburgers. McDonald's sell more...

The oldest known civilization of the Americas (1500 - 400 B.C.), The Olmecs, were probably the first users of cacao. Although chocolate drink was invented or discovered by the Aztecs, who called it xocoatl, it was only in the 18th century that solid...