Food Facts for Kids

Japan has produced over 200 flavours of Kit Kat, including sweet potato and wasabi.

McDonald's serves about 69 million customers every day — that's nearly 1% of the world's population.

Cinnamon is actually the inner bark of a tree.

The holes in crackers are called docking holes — they let steam escape during baking so the crackers stay flat.

An ear of corn almost always has an even number of rows.

One of the oldest known recipes in the world, from about 4,000 years ago, is for beer.

Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.

Okra was once used to make paper and its fibers can still be used to make rope.

An average strawberry has about 200 tiny seeds on its outside.

Americans alone eat about 100 acres of pizza every day — that's roughly 350 slices per second.