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Food Unwrapped / Season 17

09 Sept, 2019 · 6 episodes

 
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Food Unwrapped / Season 17

09 Sept, 2019 · 6 episodes

 
Homegrown Fruit and Veg, Eels, Ginger Beer
S17 | E01

25m

Jimmy Doherty asks what offers better value: growing your own fruit and veg or buying from the supermarket? Plus, investigating the illegal trafficking of eels, and ginger beer.

09/09/2019 | 20:00
Icing, Soy Beans, Hemp-based Foods
S17 | E02

25m

The team investigate how supermarkets get the iced writing so perfect on birthday cakes, the popularity of the soy bean, and the growing trend for hemp-based food products.

16/09/2019 | 20:00
Favourites: Squid and Chips, Kangaroo Meat, Pesto
S17 | E03

25m

Some favourite investigations as Jimmy Doherty looks at how our national dish could become squid and chips, Kate Quilton reports on kangaroo meat, and Matt Tebbutt looks at pesto.

23/09/2019 | 20:00
Favourites: Haagen-Dazs, Vanilla, Edam, Plastic in Seafood
S17 | E04

25m

Kate and Helen explore vanilla, while in the Netherlands Matt explores the myth that Edam balls were once used as emergency cannon balls!

30/09/2019 | 20:00
Favourites: McVitie's, Corks, Mascarpone
S17 | E05

25m

Favourite investigations. Kate Quilton visits McVitie's to ask why many biscuits have little holes all over them. Jimmy Doherty finds out how corks are made for wine bottles.

07/10/2019 | 20:00
Favourites: Lager & Ale, Crumpets
S17 | E06
SEASON FINALE

25m

Favourite investigations. Jimmy Doherty visits Europe's biggest brewery. Kate Quilton challenges Matt Tebbutt to make crumpets. And Matt discovers why maple syrup is so expensive.

14/10/2019 | 20:00
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