Gifts for food fans

Know someone who loves food? Pick their favourite topic for gift ideas, with a fact to share when they open it.

• Agriculture

  Cleopatra lived closer in time to the invention of the iPhone than to the building of the Great Pyramid of Giza. This highlights how relatively recent many agricultural advancements are compared to ancient civilizations.

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• Anheuser-Busch InBev

  Anheuser-Busch InBev owns over 500 beer brands worldwide.

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• Candy corn

  Candy corn was originally called 'Chicken Feed' when it was invented in the 1880s! The marketing featured a rooster on the box, and it was considered a popular treat for rural families to enjoy year-round.

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• Cheese Making

  The world's oldest known cheese, dating back over 4,000 years, was found in Egypt.

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• Chocolate Making

  The "bloom" on chocolate, that whitish coating, isn't mold – it's sugar crystals that have migrated to the surface.

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• Coca-Cola

  Coca-Cola was originally green.

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• Exotic Pet Diet

  Some exotic pets, like certain insects, require a diet that includes specific gut-loading practices, meaning their food source (e.g., crickets) are fed nutritious diets themselves to improve the nutritional value for the insect-eating pet.

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• Food Security

  Food insecurity disproportionately affects women, who often bear the primary responsibility for food acquisition and preparation within households.

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• Gingerbread House

  The tradition of gingerbread houses is linked to the fairytale of Hansel and Gretel, though the actual houses weren't made of gingerbread in the original story.

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• Halloween

  Pumpkins are technically a fruit, specifically a type of berry called a pepo, because they develop from a flower and contain seeds inside their fleshy interior.

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• Kraft Heinz

  Kraft Heinz owns over 200 brands worldwide, including iconic names like Oscar Mayer and Philadelphia Cream Cheese, in addition to Kraft and Heinz.

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• Lab-Grown Meat

  Lab-grown meat, or cultured meat, uses significantly less land and water than traditional livestock farming.

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• McDonald's

  McDonald's once sold bubble gum-flavored broccoli.

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• Mondelez International

  Mondelez International owns the Oreo cookie brand.

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• Nestle

  Nestlé owns over 2,000 brands worldwide.

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• PepsiCo

  PepsiCo owns Gatorade.

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• Plant-Based Diets

  Plant-based diets can be associated with a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

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• Precision Nutrition

  Precision Nutrition's certification program is one of the largest and most respected in the health and fitness coaching industry.

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• Starbucks

  Starbucks' iconic siren logo is based on a 16th-century Norse woodcut.

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• Tyson Foods

  Tyson Foods is the world's second-largest processor of chicken.

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• Unilever

  Unilever owns over 400 brands, including household names like Dove, Ben & Jerry's, and Lipton.

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• Vegetables

  Celery is mostly water.

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