Food Facts for Kids
Tasty facts about the food we eat
Eating asparagus can make your wee smell different within 15 minutes. It happens because your body breaks down a compound in the vegetable into sulphur-containing chemicals.
Over a lifetime, the average person eats about 35 tonnes of food — that is roughly the weight of six elephants.
Genetically, mushrooms are more closely related to animals than to plants. They share a common ancestor with us that lived over a billion years ago.
In medieval Europe, black pepper was so valuable it was known as "black gold" and was sometimes used to pay rent and taxes.
You cannot taste food without saliva. Your taste buds can only detect flavours when food is dissolved in liquid.
The idea that carrots help you see in the dark was partly invented by the British government during World War II to hide the fact that radar was helping pilots spot enemy planes.
The world's heaviest pumpkin weighed over 1,200 kilograms — heavier than a small car.
Although pasta is synonymous with Italy, noodles were likely first made in China. A 4,000-year-old bowl of noodles was found at an archaeological site in China.
To make just one kilogram of honey, bees must visit approximately two million flowers and fly about 88,000 kilometres.
Chickpeas have been cultivated for over 7,500 years, making them one of the oldest crops in human history. They are a staple food across the Middle East and South Asia.