Food Facts for Kids

The fruit orange was named before the colour — before oranges arrived in England, the colour was just called "red-yellow."

Corn is grown on every continent except Antarctica.

German chocolate cake isn't from Germany — it's named after Sam German, an American baker.

Almonds are members of the peach family.

Astronauts often crave spicy food in space because microgravity makes their taste buds less sensitive.

The world's largest pizza ever made was over 13,000 square feet — about the size of three basketball courts.

Cotton candy was co-invented by a dentist in 1897.

Kiwi fruit is originally from China, not New Zealand — it was called the Chinese gooseberry.

Ancient Egyptians loved garlic so much that they fed it to the workers building the pyramids to give them strength.

Pound cake got its name because the original recipe called for one pound each of butter, sugar, eggs, and flour.