5 Fun Food Facts You Wont Believe Are True part 1

in #food6 years ago

ood facts are not something you really think about when eating your favorite meal, but we do!

Food can either be a nutritious meal or a guilty pleasure! We all have our weaknesses when it comes to what we like to eat.

Some of those foods, whether they’re healthy or not, have interesting facts about them that you never would have guessed or thought of.

For example, did you know that ranch dressing is dyed? You’d be surprised to find out what it’s dyed with!

Find out the reason why crackers have holes in them, and the actual origin of American cheese – hint: it’s not from America.

If you’ve only got a minute spare, you can check out the video below with our 5 favorite fun food facts from this list!

Whatever your taste, these interesting food facts will amaze and enlighten you, so without further ado here are the top 100 random facts about food!

1-Pound cake got its name from its recipe.

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The early recipes of pound cake called for one pound of butter, one pound of eggs, and one pound of sugar.

That’s a huge cake!

2-Most supermarket wasabi is actually horseradish.

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Real wasabi is challenging to make and expensive.

As an alternative, most wasabi for sale is colored horseradish with flavorings.

3-The most expensive pizza in the world costs $12,000 dollars.

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That’s because it takes 72 hours to make, and it can only be made in your home by 3 Italian chefs.

The pizza is topped with 3 types of caviar, bufala mozzarella, lobster from Norway and Cilento, and pink Australian sea salt.

4-Ranch dressing is dyed.

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One ingredient in ranch is titanium dioxide which is used to make it look whiter.

It’s the same ingredient that is used in sunscreen and paint for coloring.

5-One fast food burger can have meat from 100 different cows.

It sounds like a crazy amount, but the ground beef used to make burgers, both in fast food places and grocery stores, is made of a collection of muscle tissues.
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