The most stolen food in the world is cheese, with about 4% of all cheese produced globally being stolen.

Traditional French croissants are made with laminated dough — butter and pastry folded many times to create hundreds of flaky layers.

Artichokes are actually flower buds — if not harvested, they bloom into large purple flowers.

The global food system produces enough calories for 10 billion people — but distribution failures cause widespread hunger.

Competitive hot dog eating requires athletes to dunk buns in water to compress them for faster consumption.

Blue food is extremely rare in nature — most blue-colored foods get their hue from added dye.

A single saffron flower yields only three stigma threads, which is why saffron is the most expensive spice by weight.

Caviar from beluga sturgeon is among the world's most expensive foods, reaching $35,000 per kilogram.

The color red makes food taste sweeter — a reason ketchup bottles and candy packaging are often red.