0.028
On average, a drop of Heinz tomato ketchup leaves the bottle at a speed of 0.028 miles per hour.
1
The number of fruits that have their seeds on the outside (the strawberry).
3.2
The number of kilograms of tea the average Irish adult drinks annually (more than any other nation).
4
A can of Spam is opened every four seconds.
4.5
The number of cups of coffee the average citizen of Finland drinks daily (more than any other nation).
5
The number of years Shredded Wheat was available before Kellogg’s Corn Flakes were first introduced.
6
Every year enough potatoes are grown worldwide to cover a four-lane motorway circling the world six times.
The number of cows eaten by the average Briton over a lifetime.
8.5
The number of kilograms of butter the average French person consumes annually (more than any other nation).
9
The number of yellow kernels for every one white kernel in a bag of popcorn.
10
The number of kilograms of milk it takes to make one kilogram of cheese.
11
The total number of cases of Chablis produced by the whole region in 1957 because of the terrible springtime frost.
20
The percentage of the world’s peanut crop used by chocolate manufacturers.
20
The number of bottles in a Nebuchadnezzar.
25
The number of bottles of Coca-Cola sold in its first year (1886).
26
Of the 1,000+ chemicals in a cup of coffee, only 26 have been tested (half of these caused cancer in rats).
27
The number of kilograms of pasta the average Italian consumes annually (more than any other nation).
30
During a lifetime, the average person eats 30 tons of food.
30
The number of blends of tea in the average teabag.
32
The percentage of the world’s rice eaten by the Chinese.
40
The percentage of the world’s almond crop used by chocolate manufacturers.
50
The number of cups of coffee a day drunk by the French philosopher, Voltaire.
50
The number of glasses of chocolate a day drunk by Montezuma, an Aztec Emperor of Mexico.
59.29
The number of seconds it took Simon Sang Sung of Singapore to turn a single piece of dough into 8,192 noodles.
60
Beethoven was so particular about his coffee that he always counted out 60 beans for each cup.
The weight in grams of the largest gooseberry ever grown.
66.6
The percentage of the world’s aubergines grown in New Jersey.
75
The percentage of the world’s supply of maple syrup that comes from Canada.
90
The percentage of the vitamin C in Brussels sprouts that is lost in cooking.
91
The percentage of water in cabbage.
92
The percentage of water in watermelons.
96
The percentage of water in a cucumber.
123
The number of snails the average French citizen eats a year.
The number of kilograms of potatoes the average Irish person eats annually (more than any other nation).
165
The number of litres of milk the average Irish person drinks annually (more than any other nation).
178
The average number of sesame seeds on a Big Mac bun.
300
The number of distinctly different types of honey.
300
France has more than 300 different kinds of cheese (and the French eat more cheese than any other nation: an average of 23 kg per person per year).
400
The number of quarter-pound hamburgers that can be made out of one cow.
548
The number of peanuts in a 340g jar of peanut butter.
800
The number of kernels an average ear of corn has, arranged in sixteen rows.
800
There are over 800 different varieties of beer brewed in Belgium.
The amount of garlic in grams the average French person eats a year.
2,000
There are more than 2,000 different types of cheese in the world.
4,000
The number of crocuses required to produce a single ounce of saffron.
9,000
The number of Indian restaurants in the UK.
10,000
It costs 10,000 times more to produce a litre of bottled water than a litre of tap water.
10,000
The number of chocolate bars the average person will eat in a lifetime.
13,345
The number of eggs the average person will eat in a lifetime.
16,000
A human being drinks 16,000 tons of water in a lifetime.
20,000
The number of living organisms in a glass of water.
27,000
During your lifetime, you’ll eat about 27,000 kilos of food.
There are more than 40,000 different varieties of rice.
70,000
The average person drinks 70,000 cups of coffee in a lifetime.
200.000
There are sweeteners that are 200,000 times sweeter than sugar.
3,000,000,000
The water we drink is three billion years old.
400,000,000,000
Coffee is the most popular beverage worldwide with over 400 billion cups consumed each year.
