Food

"Parmigiano Reggiano" and "Parmesan" are Protected Designations of Origin (PDO) for cheese produced in these provinces under Italian and European law.

French fries were brought to the US by the country’s third president, Thomas Jefferson.

Buffalo milk contains more lactose than cow's milk.

Although seaweed (Jap. nori) is the most popular sushi wrapper, it has equivalents for those not fond of its taste.

Water accounts for 90 to 95 percent of the beer.

Kombucha is a blend of natural probiotics (fungi and bacteria), organic acids (acetic, glyconic, glucuronic, citric, lactic, tartaric, malonic, oxalic, succinic, pyruvic, tin), small amounts of sugars (sucrose, glucose and fructose), B vitamins (B1, B2, B6, B12), vitamin C, 14 amino acids, purines, pigments, lipids, proteins.

Tomato juice is very popular among airline passengers.

A disc of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese weighs between 30 and over 40 kilograms (66 to over 88 pounds), on average about 40 kilograms.

In Salzburg, the first café was opened in 1703 and the café still exists today.

The cocoa mass is mixed with cocoa butter in such proportions that the resulting product contains about 30% fat.