Food Unwrapped
Season 17
20196 episodes
Episodes
- E1
Homegrown Fruit and Veg, Eels, Ginger Beer
2019-09-09 · 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.
- E2
Icing, Soy Beans, Hemp-based Foods
2019-09-16 · 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.
- E3
Favourites: Squid and Chips, Kangaroo Meat, Pesto
2019-09-23 · 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.
- E4
Favourites: Haagen-Dazs, Vanilla, Edam, Plastic in Seafood
2019-09-30 · 25m
Kate and Helen explore vanilla, while in the Netherlands Matt explores the myth that Edam balls were once used as emergency cannon balls!
- E5
Favourites: McVitie's, Corks, Mascarpone
2019-10-07 · 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.
- E6
Favourites: Lager & Ale, Crumpets
2019-10-14 · 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.