1. According to the Office for National Statistics, the average UK household spends £56.80 a week on food and non-alcoholic drinks…
2. …plus another £17.30 on restaurant and café meals and £4.70 on takeaways..
3. Around the world, 75 McDonald’s hamburgers are sold every second.
4. In the UK, six chicken sandwiches are eaten every second.
5. The first meal eaten on the Moon included bacon squares, sugar biscuits, coffee, a pineapple and grapefruit juice drink and tinned peaches.
6. The first food eaten by astronauts that had been grown in space was Romaine lettuce on the International Space Station in August 2015.
7. A study in China in 2015 reported that people who eat spicy foods tend to live longer.
8. Last year, Chan Hong Meng of Singapore became the first street food vendor to be awarded a Michelin star.
9. The UK imports 48 per cent of the food consumed here.
10. “Food is an important part of a balanced diet,” (Fran Liebowitz).