Unusual & Unrevealed Facts - FOODS

Food tastes better when you are eating with people you like.

Unless food is mixed with saliva you can't taste it.

Under extremely high pressure, peanut butter can be turned into diamonds.

Bacon affects the brain the same way as cocaine, overloading pleasure centers in the brain and requiring increasing amounts to be satisfied.

The bigger the navel in an orange, the sweeter it will be.

The most popular beverage in the world is coffee, with more than 400 billion cups consumed each year.

If you suffer from depression eating a banana will relieve stress by 80%.

Admit it... We dont call Gatorade by its flavors, we call it by its colors

A British study has revealed that children with high IQs are more likely to become vegetarian.

Colors like red, yellow and orange make you hungry -- Think about the Pizza Hut, McDonalds, Burger King, Popeyes and Sonic signs.

50% of U.S. pizzas are sold with pepperoni on them.

70% of market ground beef is actually pink slime that has been drenched in ammonia --
Originally it was only okay for dogs to eat.

Eating fried foods is linked to chronic anxiety.

Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

During an average person's life, they will consume about 60,000 pounds of food.

Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight!

Only food that does not spoil: honey

Shellac is made from bug excrement.

Gelatin is made from cattle hides and pork skins.

Fruit flavoured snacks are made with the same wax found in car wax.

Honey is made from nectar and bee vomit.

One solvent (Methylene chloride) used to decaffeinate tea and coffee is a known carcinogen.

Supersized beverages can contain most of your daily liquid needs.

Corn products are in many more foods than you think.

Where did that red food colour come from?
The natural colour in your red-berry yogurt could be carmine, a red food colour made from the dried bodies of female cochineal insects, sourced from South America or Mexico.

Some foods are exposed to radiation
Irradiation is the process by which food is exposed to a controlled amount of iodizing radiation in order to increase shelf life and kill harmful bacteria.