Avocados are one of the only fruits that contain significant fat — mostly heart-healthy monounsaturated oleic acid.

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

Black pepper was once so valuable that it was used as currency and was called 'black gold.'

Lettuce is a member of the sunflower family.

Sriracha sauce is named after the coastal city of Si Racha in Thailand, where a similar sauce was first made.

Extra-virgin olive oil begins to degrade as soon as it's exposed to light and air — dark bottles and airtight seals preserve it best.

The world consumes about 2.25 billion cups of coffee every day.

Wagyu beef gets its extraordinary marbling from genetics and a diet high in energy-dense feed.

The kiwifruit was originally called the Chinese gooseberry — it was rebranded for Western markets in the 1950s.