The English claimed that the Scots morning bowl of porridge helped them win the battle of Bannockburn.

Queen Victoria introduced kippers to the English breakfast table in 1842

Average consumption is 3 cups per day for those aged 10 and over.

The name grapefruit derives from the fact that they grow in big clusters and look like huge bunches of grapes.

Butter is a pure substance - simply cream and perhaps salt. No additives, colouring, preserves or emulsifiers.

The world's most expensive coffee is probably Kopi Luak coffee, made from beans that have been eaten and excreted by the luak, or palm civet, of Indonesia. They pass almost unchanged through the digestive system of the animal, and it is not known whether the unique flavour of the coffee is due to the civet's digestive juices or its ability to select the ripest beans

Monkey Tea is the rarest available. According to legend monkeys were once trained to harvest tea from otherwise inaccessible plants but today the term Monkey Picked refers to the tea’s rarity and hard work put into it’s production.

Tourists eat 100,000 full English breakfasts a week in Lanzarotte at the height of the season. (Channel 5)

Tabasco sauce first sold in the 1870’s rates 9 on the heat scale. 10 is the maximum. It is made from only vinegar and chillies.

One rule that naturists have to abide by is that they must be ‘dressed’ for breakfast.

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

Breakfast was first mentioned in literature in 1542 by Andrew Boirde in 'A Compendyous Regyment of a Dyetary of Health'.

1.5 billion cups of tea are enjoyed throughout the world every day.

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 ‘full Monty’ as referred to as a grand breakfast, comes from Field Marshall Montgomery, who insisted on having the full Monty for breakfast before going into battle.

A study of 19,000 Americans called NHANES III found breakfast skippers are more likely to gain weight because they are more inclined to overcompensate for the loss of key nutrients at breakfast by eating more fat-rich, high-energy foods later in the day.

Breakfast eaters have better daily intakes of vitamins B1, B2, B3, vitamin C & D and the minerals iron & calcium.

If laid end to end, the packs of Kellogg’s cereal eaten since 1906 would stretch to the moon and back 160 times

The UK drinks 165 million cups of tea a day – 62 billion cups a year.

Up to the 16th century breakfast consisted of bread, salted fish and ale.

Peel and freeze your bananas for a more sumptuous smoothie

Breakfast for a 2nd Century Roman would probably consist of bean meal mash and unleavened breadcakes.

Coffee arived in North America in 1668 replacing beer as the traditional breakfast time drink

In 2005 the number of 20-34 year olds drinking tea increased for the first time in 30 years.

Over 9 billion breakfasts are consumed in the UK every year.

The German made Liebig meat extract was re-named Oxo in 1899 after a London docker chalked “oxo” on the side of a crate to distinguish it from other cargo. Last year 600 million cubes were sold.

Tea was first introduced into Britain in 1650. The first tea used in England came from China, with the first Indian tea arriving in London in 1839.

Beaujolais Nouveau breakfast is served early in the morning on the third Thursday in November when the new wine arrives in the UK.

One third of adults will have bacon and egg for breakfast at the weekend