Season 17
6 episodes · Sep 9, 2019
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- S17E1
Homegrown Fruit and Veg, Eels, Ginger Beer
Sep 9, 201925mJimmy 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.
- S17E2
Icing, Soy Beans, Hemp-based Foods
Sep 16, 201925mThe 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.
- S17E3
Favourites: Squid and Chips, Kangaroo Meat, Pesto
Sep 23, 201925mSome 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.
- S17E4
Favourites: Haagen-Dazs, Vanilla, Edam, Plastic in Seafood
Sep 30, 201925mKate and Helen explore vanilla, while in the Netherlands Matt explores the myth that Edam balls were once used as emergency cannon balls!
- S17E5
Favourites: McVitie's, Corks, Mascarpone
Oct 7, 201925mFavourite 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.
- S17E6
Favourites: Lager & Ale, Crumpets
Oct 14, 201925mFavourite 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.