Amazing Facts About Food (Page 1 of 3)

Amazing Fact #1

The most expensive coffee in the world is brewed from beans partially digested and defecated by the Asian palm civet.    

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Amazing Fact #2

Common bananas are all genetically identical, because they come from trees that have been cloned for decades.    

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Amazing Fact #3

U.S. law grants the Coca-Cola company a unique exemption to import coca leaves while prohibiting anyone else from importing what might otherwise become a popular super food.    

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Amazing Fact #4

The common bread ingredient L-cysteine is derived from human hair.    

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Amazing Fact #5

Chicken McNuggets contain an industrial chemical.    

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Amazing Fact #6

There were no tomatoes in Italian food, peanuts in Thai food, or chili peppers in Indian food in the year 1450.    

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Amazing Fact #7

High-fructose corn syrup, found in many foods, is made using a toxic chemical catalyst.    

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Amazing Fact #8

The seed inside a peach contains an almond-like nut which holds a potent anti-cancer medicine called laetrile.    

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Amazing Fact #9

“Confectioner’s glaze”—a common coating on candies and pills—is made from the bodily excretions of an Asian beetle.    

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Amazing Fact #10

Red grapes are famous for resveratrol, but they only produce it in response to a FUNGAL infection during their growth. So organic grapes have more resveratrol because they’re not sprayed with anti-fungals.    

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