Marmite is made from yeast, one of the richest sources of 5 b vitamins

The first English coffee house was opened by a Turkish jew in Oxford

All bread is good for you, whether white, brown or wholemeal and it is not fattening

Ketchup comes from the Chinese word “ketsiap”. The word was brought back to England by the Dutch traders

Watercress contains iron, calcium & vitamin e – well worth including in your daily breakfast

A Denver lawyer to aid his digestion invented shredded wheat in 1893.

There are over 400 different types of sausages produced in the UK

“Anyone who came to this country and wanted to eat well should order three meals a day – breakfast, breakfast and breakfast” Somerset Maugham

Napoleons chief surgeon established the first grapefruit plantation in 1880

Our cornflakes were created by J.H.Kellogg and sold in 1895 as ‘granose’.

In 2000 the National Farmers Union conducted a survey on breakfast in bed !

Breakfast can help to make you less stressed, improve your memory and concentration and boost your energy

Hashbrowns are a great hangover sop

Use black & white pepper corns, black for flavour, white for heat

Kiwi fruits are so rich in vitamin c, they contain nearly all your recommended daily amount

The largest cereal crops in the world in order of volume produced are wheat, rice, maize, barley and sorghum.

Charles Post, maker of breakfast cereals, earned over a million dollars in 1903 from his ‘grape nut’ cereal

Sugar is unique as a world agricultural commodity, with two different crops competing for the same market: cane (produced mainly in poor tropical countries) and beet (produced mainly in wealthy temperate countries).

Hot cross buns, served for breakfast on Good Friday have the ‘cross’ on to ward off evil spirits that might stop them rising

Buttermilk makes an ideal substitute for yogurt in smoothies

“And now let us think about breakfast” said the greedy Queen 9 O’CLOCK CAME AND THEY WERE ALL IN THE BREAKFAST ROOM. “NO BUSINESS BEFORE BREAKFAST” SAYS THE KING. “BREAKFAST FIRST, BUSINESS NEXT.”

Peel and freeze your bananas for a more sumptuous smoothie

It is almost certain that coffee was first drunk in Ethiopia around 575AD

According to a survey those living in London and the West Midlands are most likely to be treated to breakfast in bed

French toast is a great way to use up stale bread - dipped in egg and fried it absorbs very little cooking fat

Breakfast is unique – at what other meal could you blatantly ignore everyone else while poring over the papers

Studies have show that children who eat breakfast perform better at school than those who have not

Coffee beans should be kept in an airtight container in the fridge to prevent the coffee oils and gases escaping

The croissant originates from the Turkish empire where the army cooks made a crescent pastry the same as on their flag

If you don’t have breakfast it is more difficult to get all the nutrients that you need in a day