“One Fifth of Young Adults Think Fish Fingers ACTUALLY ARE the Fingers of Fish, Research Finds: One Quarter of Young Adults Are ‘Embarrassed’ at Their Lack of Knowledge on Where Food Comes From”, 2015-11-22 (; backlinks):
[Much like the chocolate-milk statistic, this is an industry-funded survey where I cannot find the original report, and so is somewhat dubious.]
1/5th of young adults think fish fingers are actually made from the fingers of fish, a new study reveals.
…A quarter (25%) are ‘confused’ about whether wasps make honey and 9% think potatoes grow on trees.
Meanwhile, 1 in 7 (15%) do not know that lamb comes from sheep or that a pork chop comes from a pig (15%). The study, carried out by Rowse Honey, found over a third of those aged 16–24 (35%) are not aware that veal comes from cows.
It also indicates that young adults struggle to answer simple questions regarding the humble bumble bee. One in 6 (15%) think bees make syrup and one in 8 (12%) believe farmers have to ‘squeeze’ bees to get honey out of them.
…More than a fifth of mothers and fathers (22%) admit they have lied to their children about the origin of some food because they didn’t know the answer.
…More than 2⁄3rds of us (67%) can’t place a honey bee and 40% have no idea how honey is made.