Your Daily Facts about Onions
The Onion is named after a Latin word “unio” meaning large pearl.
One medium Raw onion contains: 60 Calories, 11.9 mg Vitamin C, 1 gram Protein, 0 Fat, 0 Cholesterol, 10 mg Sodium, 200 mg Potassium, and 14 grams Carbohydrates.
More than 75% of the worlds production of onions are Yellow onions.
Annually the United States produces over 2 million metric tons of onions.
Approximately 105 billion pounds of onions produced each year.
In the United States 370 semi-truck loads of onions are used each day.
The ancient Egyptians worshiped the onion, believing that its spherical shape and concentric rings symbolized eternity.
Pace Foods uses about 21 million pounds of fresh onions every year.
On average each year Americans eat 18.8 pounds of onions.
In the early 16th century Onions were also prescribed by doctors to help with infertility in women.
Alexander the Great ordered his troops to eat onions to improve their vitality.
To firm up their muscles Roman gladiators were rubbed down with onion.
During the American Civil War, General Ulysses S. Grant sent a telegram to the War Department, “I will not move my army without onions.” The next day he got them.
Crushed raw onions when applied to the forehead provide relief from headaches.
The Vidalia onion is the official state vegetable of Georgia.
The Texas Sweet onion the official state vegetable of Texas.
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the largest onion ever grown weighed 10 lbs 14 oz and was grown by V. Throup of Silsden, England.