Food Industry Facts

The average American eats at McDonalds more than 1,800 times in their life.

The average American consumes several pounds of food additives every year, with some estimates suggesting 8-10 pounds annually including preservatives, colorings, and flavor enhancers.

The 'vintage date' on a bottle of wine indicates the year the grapes were picked, not the year of bottling!

A man named John Harrison has a job tasting ice cream. He has tasted samples of over 200 million gallons of ice cream and his taste buds are insured for $1 million.

One jar of Nutella is sold every 2.5 seconds throughout the world.

McDonald's quietly owned 90% of Chipotle from 1998 to 2006. They invested $360 million and grew the chain from 16 to 500 restaurants. Then McDonald's pushed for drive-throughs. The founder said no. McDonald's sold for $1.5 billion. Chipotle is now worth $38 billion.