Top 10 Did You Knows? – May Week 2

Happy Friday!!

The weekend is nearly upon us, and what better way to celebrate than a list of the top 10 astonishing “did you knows?” from the past week – you can never know too much!

Included in this weeks edition we name the oldest of all man-made foods, we discover that the two top selling spices in the world aren’t what we thought they were, and just because we can – we’ve decided to unearth the exact number of peanuts it takes to make a 28 ounce jar of peanut butter! All this, plus some very entertaining quotes on the state of food in this day of age – ENJOY!

• Did you know…Pineapples are actually considered berries?

• Quote of the day… “Chemicals, n: Noxious substances from which modern foods are made.”

• Did you know…Americans drink over a billion pounds of coffee and around 5 million bottles of soda per year? That is a lot of sugar, calories and high fructose corn syrup!

• Did you know…Cheese is the oldest of all man-made foods?

• Did you know…Choking on food is the 7th leading cause of death in the United States?

• Did you know…Madagascar produces two thirds of the world’s vanilla? That is massive!

• Did you know…The two top selling spices in the world are Mustard and Pepper?

• Did you know…There are 1,218 peanuts in a single 28 ounce jar of Jif peanut butter?

• Did you know…On average, every American consumes 109 pounds of beef a year. It takes eight pounds of grain to produce one pound of beef – you do the math!

• Quote of the day… “We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons.” – anon

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