These food facts are sure to satiate your weird and fun food fact appetite!
Pixy Stix started out as a drink mix called Frutola in the 1930’s. Then inventor J. Fish Smith turned it into a candy by selling it in a cup. It wasn’t until 1950 when Sunline, Inc. purchased it that it was sold in the straw we know today. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.truetreatscandy.com/the-secret-life-of-the-pixy-stix/
In 2008, Nestle played an April Fool’s day prank on consumers by announcing that the name “Butterfinger” had been retired and that the new name “The Finger” was in effect immediately. They even distributed 200,000 Butterfinger bars with “The Finger” wrappers to 7-Eleven stores. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20080401006597/en/BUTTERFINGER-R-Name-Change-an-April-Fools-Day-Prank-to-Celebrate-Launch-of-New-Butterfinger-Comedy-Network-on-Yahoo%21
Pre-mastication or kiss-feeding is the act of chewing food for the purpose of physically breaking it down in order to feed a baby or someone incapable of chewing. It is still common in traditional cultures. – WTF Fun Facts
Farm-raised salmon are naturally grey while wild salmon are naturally pink due to their diet which includes astaxanthin, a compound found in krill and shrimp. Salmon farmers have to add astaxanthin to their feed to give them the pink color. It is the most expensive part of their food. – WTF Fun Facts
The largest doughnut ever made was an American-style jelly doughnut weighing 3739 lbs. It was 16 ft. in diameter and 16in high in the center. It was made by two bakeries in Utica, New York on January 21, 1993. – WTF Fun Facts
The gelatin in Haribo gummy bears contains nine out of the ten amino acids which are essential to our bodies. – WTF Fun Facts
Until 1948, the soft drink 7 Up (originally called Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda) contained a dose of lithium citrate, which is a mood-stabilizing drug used in psychiatric treatment of bipolar disorder and manic states. – WTF Fun Facts
Corn can be found in many non-food items such as drywall, fireworks, glue, paint, dyes, laundry detergent, soap, antibiotics, and cosmetics, and in the production of plastics. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.farms.com/ag-industry-news/10-things-made-with-corn/
In 1967, Godiva Chocolatier was sold by its founders the Draps Family to Campbell Soup Company. In December 2007, Campbell’s sold it on as it did not fit with their strategic focus of “simple meals”. – WTF Fun Facts
Coffee is the most widely used psychoactive drug in the world. Caffeine works by competing with adenosine receptors in the brain. If adenosine is blocked by a caffeine molecule, then one’s feeling of exhaustion is lowered. – WTF Fun Facts
The French Bread Law of 1993 outlines specific rules for the sale of bread in France. Specifically, baguettes can not be frozen before sale and must be made fresh with no additives. It also specifies a maximum pH level and bacteria counts for the sourdough starters. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/article_lc/LEGIARTI000006933918/2020-01-03/
The world’s oldest unopened bottle of wine is at least 1650 years old, known as the Speyer wine bottle or “Romerwein”. It was discovered during an excavation of a 4th-century AD Roman nobleman’s tomb. – WTF Fun Facts
Hawaii is the only place in the USA where you can get a fried apple pie. Everywhere else they are baked. Their recipe goes back to 1968, when the apple pie was first introduced at McDonald’s. – WTF Fun Facts
A scientist stashed a bunch of Twinkies in his basement after Hostess declared bankruptcy in 2012. After 8 years, the man found two strange fungi growing on the desserts. One appeared to have “mummified” the Twinkie. – WTF Fun Facts
Steve Leech, a milkman in Cornwall, was doing his rounds when he saw a shop on fire. He used 320 pints of milk to put out the fire, saving seven other stores. He a “Hero Milkman of the Millennium'” award from the National Dairymen’s Association. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-30037484.html
New Zealand, Austria, Norway, and Switzerland have banned the practice of boiling lobsters alive. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.trillmag.com/64914/uncategorized/boiling-lobsters-alive-should-be-banned-says-british-veterinary-association/
Vegetarianism is such an old concept that up until the mid-19th century, vegetarians were called Pythagorean because followers of Pythagoras were entirely vegetarian. The first “vegetarian” society was formed on September 29, 1847 in Ramsgate, England. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.pbs.org/food/the-history-kitchen/evolution-vegetarianism/
Leprino Foods is the world’s largest maker of mozzarella cheese. They supply cheese to 85% of the pizza market including Domino’s, Papa John’s, Pizza Hut, and Little Caesars. The company sells 1 billion pounds of cheese each year. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprino_Foods