Food Unwrapped

  • : 2012
  • : 168
  • : 21
  • Channel 4
  • 20
  • Documentary Food

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14x1
Seaweed, Pork Scratchings and Risotto.
Episode overview
29, 2018
Can you eat any old seaweed? Why aren't pork scratchings made from British pigs? Can you make risotto from long grain rice? What exactly is skyr? Plus: tomatoes, and icing sugar.
14x1
Sweet Piquante Peppers, The Plastic Crisis, Yoghurt
Episode overview
11, 2018
Jimmy Doherty, Kate Quilton and Matt Tebbutt unveil more secrets about the world of mass-produced food. Jimmy heads to South Africa on the trail of sweet piquante peppers and discovers a .. show full overview
14x2
London Dry Gin, Macadamia Nuts, Double Dipping
Episode overview
18, 2018
Jimmy Doherty asks what makes a London dry gin a London dry gin. He also finds out about a threat to British juniper berries that could spell the end of gin's recent resurgence. Kate .. show full overview
14x3
Pearls, Rainbow Ham, Butterflies
Episode overview
25, 2018
Matt Tebbutt visits China to find out how they maximise the chances of finding pearls, and helps to cultivate them from a surprising creature that is definitely not an oyster! Meanwhile, .. show full overview
14x4
Papaya, Tuna, Growing Fish, Ice Cubes
Episode overview
02, 2018
Jimmy Doherty wants to know why jelly won't set if chopped papaya is added to it, so he visits South Africa and discovers that the exotic fruit contains enzymes that can also help .. show full overview
14x5
Sugar Tax, Sliced Bread, Chicken Breasts
Episode overview
09, 2018
Jimmy Doherty investigates the new sugar tax, and finds out how manufacturers have responded by reducing the sugar in some of our favourite brands. But what exactly are they adding to .. show full overview
14x6
Drinking Coffee, Kombucha, Beef Steak
Episode overview
16, 2018
Jimmy Doherty investigates the popular belief that coffee can sober people up and also looks into new research linking consumption of the beverage and a reduced risk of liver disease. In .. show full overview
14x7
Jelly Beans, Tinned Anchovies, Rum
Episode overview
27, 2018
The team revisits favourite investigations, including Kate Quilton's visit to the world's largest producer of jelly beans to find out what goes into the sweets. Matt Tebbutt attempts to .. show full overview

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