Fun food facts for kids

Enjoy these fun food facts for kids. Learn a range of interesting facts about food and nutrition, topics that play an important role in everyone’s lives. What foods are popular around the world? Is it common to have a food allergy?  Find out the answers to these questions and much more…facts about food…

Fun food facts for kids

 

 

fun food for kids :

• Cutting onions releases a gas which causes a stinging sensation when it comes into contact with your eyes. Your body produces tears to dilute the irritant and remove it from your eyes.

fun foods for kids :

• Microwave cooking was discovered accidentally, when a chocolate bar melted in someone’s pocket

fun facts about food for kids :

• The oldest evidence for soup is from 6,000 B.C. and calls for hippopotamus and sparrow meat.

healthy food for kids :

• Pumpkins are usually labelled as vegetables but they contain seeds and are technically fruit.

healthy foods for kids :

• Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries

 

food pyramid for kids :

• Radishes are members of the same family as cabbages.

food for kids :

• Humans are born craving sugar.

food groups for kids :

• The most popular carrots used to be purple.

fun kids food :

• The reason why peppers taste hot is because of a chemical compound called capsaicin, which bonds to your sensory nerves and tricks them into thinking your mouth is actually being burned..

italian food facts for kids :

• Apples float in water, because 25% of their volume is made of air.

kids food :

• Honey is made from nectar and bee vomit.

foods for kids :

• Peanuts aren’t nuts, they’re legumes.

fast food facts for kids :

• Ketchup was used as a medicine in the 1800s to treat diarrhea, among other things.

food recipes for kids :

• The tea bag was created by accident, as tea bags were originally sent as samples.

kids foods :

• Chocolate was once used as currency.

kids fun food :

• Strawberries are the only fruit with seeds on the outside.

indian food facts for kids :

• India is the world’s largest producer of bananas, producing nearly 22 million tons in 2007..

healthy kids food :

• Humans eat meat from a number of different animals, common examples include meat from chickens, cows, sheep and pigs. Other food products that come from animals include milk, eggs and honey.

kids food facts :

• The potato was the first vegetable to be successfully grown in space.

healthy food kids :

• Honey is the only edible food for humans that won’t go bad.

fun kids foods :

• Popcorn has existed for about 6000 years.

food chart for kids :

• There are over 1,000 different kinds of apples.

fun food facts for kids :

• Food for human consumption is typically made from plants and animals but we also eat other products such as fermented foods and fungus..

food facts for kids :

• Around 70 million people suffer from food poisoning every year with around 7 million of these cases being fatal. Careful food storage, temperature control and preparation is necessary to avoid potentially dangerous bacteria, toxins and viruses..

fun food for kids :

• Cooking is an important part of food preparation that involves applying heat. In most cases this transforms the chemical make up of food, altering its texture, flavor, nutritional properties and appearance.

fun foods for kids :

• Cherries are a member of the rose family.