Fresh apples float because 25% of their
volume is air

Eating raspberries can improve your
night vision.

Strawberries are not really berries - they are
enlarged flower receptacles

Batology is the study of blackberries

The Red Tractor logo is found on over £5bn worth of fresh food each year

There are over 1,000 different types of blackberries

Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries

The onion is named after a Latin word meaning large pearl

According to the National Geographic
the first chicken came from an egg laid
by a bird that was not quite a chicken.
Thus, the egg came first.

British Farmers produce enough lamb
for over 250 million Sunday roasts
every year

During a lifetime the average person
eats 35 tonnes of food

Cabbage is 91% water

Eat Like a Bird? Every day, birds eat 1/2 their own weight in food!

A pinch of sugar on the tongue is a traditional remedy for hiccups

There are more chickens than people in the world.

The leanest cuts of pork are very similar to skinless chicken breast in fat, cholesterol and caloric content

The average cow has more than 40,000 jaw movements per day

A teaspoon of sugar after a hot curry will extinguish the furnace in your mouth

The chicken can run at speeds of up to nine miles an hour.

Farmers never store apples in the same area as potatoes. Ripe apples give off ethylene gas which causes the potatoes to sprout!

Eating an apple removes more bacteria than 2-3mins of brushing your teeth!

World mutton and lamb production last year was almost 8 million tonnes and the world's largest producer was China at 1.5 million tonnes!

Brussels sprouts enhance the activity of the body's natural defence systems to protect against disease, including cancer

Celery has been used over centuries for medicinal purposes "to purify the blood."

Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat and digest a piece of celery than the celery has in it initially.