Mealtime Partners, Inc.

Did you know that if you put tonic water under a black light it will glow blue?

Did you know that 1 in 8 Americans has worked for McDonalds at some time in their life?

Did you know that 10% of Americans are vegetarian? Did you know that 2/3 of Americans are over-weight?

Did you know that the highest calorie fast food is a milk shake? (According to Wikipedia a fluid ounce of milkshake has 32 calories.)

Did you know that the average calories consumed at a buffet is 2,500, and a huge 3,000 at Chinese buffets?

Did you know that Americans consume the most ice cream in the world, while the Swiss eat the most chocolate?

Did you know that red, pink and orange food colorings labeled as natural are made from cochineal extract or carmine which is made from the bodies of female cochineal bugs?

Did you know that pound for pound, nutritious foods cost approximately 10 times as much as junk food?

Did you know that almost half of the world’s food is thrown away each year?

Did you know that originally carrots were purple? Purple carrots can sometimes be found at natural food stores or specialty food stores like Whole Foods or Sprouts.

Did you know that fortune cookies were invented in San Francisco in the early 1900's, not in China?

Did you know that almost half of the adults in the U.S. eat a sandwich every day?

Did you know that people in India eat the least amount of meat per person in the world?

Did you know that on August 10, 2015, astronauts ate food that had been grown in space for the first time?

Did you know that there is only one variety of banana that is commonly sold? Banana trees have been cloned to make sure that the fruit is the same from all trees.

Did you know that Twinkies originally were filled with banana filling? This was changed to vanilla when bananas were unavailable during World War II.

Did you know that when cranberries are ripe they bounce like rubber balls?