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The most outrageous food hoaxes of all time

Outrageous claims through the ages
Spaghetti grows on trees
Umbrella-handle Parmesan
Holland's artificially dirty eggs
Taco Bell buys the Liberty Bell
The Left-Handed Whopper
Wild haggis is an animal
Chinese cardboard buns
The onion iPod charger
Mobile phone-cooked popcorn
The non-existent restaurant with a wine award
Walkers Ready Silent crisps
Pinanas: the exotic new fruit
Japanese moonmelon
Cement-filled walnuts
GAME's Christmas Tinner
BiteLabs' celebrity salami
A machine that turns water into wine
Dissolvable Champagne tablets
Faux-vintage wine
Pizza Hut’s scratch and sniff menu
KFC's clean-eating burger
Subway's ice cream range
Helium Coca-Cola
Stonewall Kitchen’s Gently Used Jam Collection
Westland Distillery Sport Dram
FreshDirect rabbit-scavenged herbs
Frankie & Benny’s launch a meatball bath bomb
Walkers launch chocolate Wotsits
Food delivery app bans Hawaiian pizzas
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Outrageous claims through the ages

It’s amazing what we can be persuaded to believe. From April Fools' jokes that will have you laughing to frankly jaw-dropping and scandalous frauds, these are some of the most astonishing food and drink hoaxes of all time.
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loveFOOD Staff

01 April 2021

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