Almost everyone loves the taste of pineapple, it is added to salads, eaten raw or canned, but many know almost nothing about this unique fruit. Test your knowledge by comparing them with the top 10 facts about pineapple.
1. Initially, “pineapple” was the name used for pine cones, the first written mention of the word dates back to 1398.
2. When this tropical fruit was discovered in America, Europeans called them pineapples because of the similarity to what we now know as pine cones.
3. Pineapple is not an apple, or pine. This is actually a berry!
4. In Spanish, pineapples are called Pina - which you probably heard about in relation to Pina Colada drink.
5. In the wild, pineapple as a plant can live up to 50 years.
6. It is possible to grow pineapple at home by cutting the top of the fruit and planting it in the soil.
7. The largest pineapple in the world for all history was in 2011 in Australia, 32 cm long, 66 cm in circumference and weighed a record 8.28 kg.
8. 75% of all pineapples sold in Europe are grown in Costa Rica.
9. The Hawaiian word for pineapple is halakahiki.
10. Pineapple Plantations The Garden Maze in Hawaii has a record for the largest mazes in the world, over three hectares in length.
When eating raw pineapple, we bake our lips, this is because pineapple juice eats up the cells of our skin.