Food & Drink Infographics

A U.S. cupcake chain names “Sprinkles” just released cupcake ATMs. There’s a TV show, “Cupcake Wars,” on Food Network, dedicated to finding the best cupcakes in the world. Obviously we are crazy for cupcakes (I know I am), but are they here to stay, or are they just a foodie fad?

Researchers from the University of Sydney set out to determine which foods fill you up and keep you full. The result was the satiety index — a measure of how full you feel after eating something. So, which one should you grab if you’re trying to satisfy hunger – a banana or a cookie?

First isolated in coffee back in 1820, caffeine is the tacit drug of choice for millions as it can be found in numerous beverages and medications. However, not a lot of people stop to appreciate what caffeine actually is and what it does.

Whether you enjoy the dark stuff, or lean towards lager, the results show that a pint of one, or the other, can have positive effects on various areas of the body. Through painstaking research, GoIreland has worked out how many individual peanuts each drink is the equivalent to eating, how long it would take to burn off those calories and taken a look at some of the strongest beers known to mankind in the following infographic.

Pizza – an American favorite. I live in a small master-planned community and yet we still have no less than 6 different pizza joints in our local area. The following visualization published by WorstPizza.com provides some interesting stats on pizza as well as how different people in different countries eat their pizza.

Chef Gordon Ramsay has experienced much success as a chef, a restaraunt owner and even as a reality television star. However, Ramsay’s prowness for establishing restaurants does not resonate with his ability to save them from going under. In fact, a large percentage of the restaraunts that were showcased on Kitchen Nightmares have either gone out of business or have been sold.

Over the last few decades, small, independent breweries in the U.S. have been quietly growing. And though large breweries outpace smaller ones in annual production, craft beers are using their local roots, small scale, and unique offerings to attract devout followers and loyal customers.

Do you typically take your coffee the same way all the time? The following infographic from Loku attempts to define the personalities of people by the types of coffee they drink. Where do you match up?

In this infographic from Total DUI, learn how light beer is made and what makes it “lighter” than its counterparts. Additionally some information is provided on which types of drinks will get you drunk faster as well as other factors that determine how quickly a person might get intoxicated.