Food Unwrapped

Season 17

6 episodes · Sep 9, 2019

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  • S17E1

    Homegrown Fruit and Veg, Eels, Ginger Beer

    Sep 9, 201925m

    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.

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  • S17E2

    Icing, Soy Beans, Hemp-based Foods

    Sep 16, 201925m

    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.

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  • S17E3

    Favourites: Squid and Chips, Kangaroo Meat, Pesto

    Sep 23, 201925m

    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.

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  • S17E4

    Favourites: Haagen-Dazs, Vanilla, Edam, Plastic in Seafood

    Sep 30, 201925m

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

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  • S17E5

    Favourites: McVitie's, Corks, Mascarpone

    Oct 7, 201925m

    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.

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  • S17E6

    Favourites: Lager & Ale, Crumpets

    Oct 14, 201925m

    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.

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