Ketchup was once believed to have medicinal qualities that could cure, among other ailments, diarrhea.
Many shredded cheeses and cereals contain cellulose (wood pulp).
Green, yellow, and red bell peppers are not actually the same vegetable.
Foods, like ranch dressing or coffee creamer, can contain titanium dioxide, which can also be found in paint, plastic, and sunscreen.
A typical ear of corn has an even number of rows.
One burger patty can contain hundreds of different cows.
Scientists can turn peanut butter into diamonds.
White chocolate isn’t actually chocolate.
Fruit snacks and cars are coated in the same type of wax.
Ripe cranberries will bounce like rubber balls.
An 11-year-old invented the Popsicle by accident.
Farm-raised salmon is naturally white and then dyed pink.
Apple pie is not American.
Potatoes can absorb and reflect Wi-fi signals.
The red food dye used in Skittles is made from boiled beetles.
Every banana you eat is a clone.
The Aztecs used chocolate as currency.
Honey will never ever go bad.
Eating too much nutmeg has the effect of a hallucinogenic drug.
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The color of salmon flesh is dependent on what they eat and their genetic ability to metabolize their food. In general, if the feed for pen raised salmon is not dyed, the meat is grayish because that is the base color of the food.
Wild salmon can also be gray/white depending on their genetics and what they eat.