Facts About Food

There are many interesting tidbits about food. Let us read some important, informational, fun facts about the food we commonly eat.

Coffee:

The rarest coffee is found in Indonesia and is called as Kopi Luwak. It costs $300 for a pound. To prepare one pound roasted coffee, it takes about 20,000 coffee cherries.

Tomatoes:

On average every year each American consumes 22 pounds tomatoes. Over half of the total tomato consumption is Tomato ketchup and sauce.

Rice:

There are more than 15,000 rice varieties present all over the world.

Cabbage:

The entire cabbage has 91 percent water content in it.

Milk:

On an average an American drinks 25 gallons milk in a year. 88 percent of the milk constitutes water whereas just 12 percent of it has a food value. A family of four people in America consumes around 6000 pounds of food per year.

Bananas:

A banana is considered to be a great body builder. It helps in tissue building. A single banana if consumed each day will provide better health and in turn save a lot of money. Never keep them in refrigerator. Green bananas: cook and eat it has raw starch like potatoes. Partially yellow bananas: cook as a dessert or as a vegetable. Yellow banana: eat raw, can get digested now. Yellow banana having brown freckles: best time to eat. Highest nutrition and can be digested by people with weak digestion. Brown with yellow freckles: can't be eaten raw. Can use in banana and bread recipes.

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