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The tricks of the food industry: ready meals, snacks & Co. (2018x1)

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Sebastian Lege reveals the secrets behind hearty dishes, full-bodied wines and crispy snacks. Some clever industrial tricks even protect the environment. When vegetables are bombarded with laser beams and vanilla flavor is created from waste wood, it sounds scary. But when manufacturers do without glutamate, we are happy. Where is mistrust actually appropriate, and where can we still access it without hesitation? The competition on the supermarket shelf is merciless. In the battle for customers, food manufacturers can use any legal means. The result are always new high-tech products and production processes.