Food Unwrapped
Food Unwrapped
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Food Unwrapped

7.7 / 10
2012
25 seasons
155 episodes
Documentary

The food and science series that travels the world to explore the industry secrets behind our favourite produce, industry secrets, and how foods are really made.

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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.Grapefruit and Probiotics

    10-09-201225m

    Kate Quilton travels to Swaziland to find out how they get tinned grapefruit so perfect, and, in Finland, Matt Tebbutt discovers exactly what the bacteria are in Probiotics.

  • Ep 2

    2.Lemons and Ham

    17-09-201225m

    Kate and Matt investigate the wax on our lemons in Spain and Thailand, and Matt gets the real story behind formed ham here in the UK.

  • Ep 3

    3.Prawns and Mushrooms

    24-09-201225m

    This episode explores how prawns are intensively farmed and discovers why there are often so few wild mushrooms in our wild mushroom soups. Kate flies to Thailand - the world's big...

  • Ep 4

    4.Olives and Beer

    01-10-201225m

    This episode explores the difference between green and black olives, and why not everything that goes into beer processing is listed in the ingredients. Matt travels to South Afric...

  • Ep 5

    5.Seafood Sticks and Wine

    08-10-201225m

    The team head to Thailand to find out what seafood goes into seafood sticks, and then discover how some British wine is really made... in Spain. In a seafood stick factory in Thail...

  • Ep 6

    6.Orange Juice and Mayonnaise

    22-10-201225m

    Kate Quilton heads to Spain to find out how pure squeezed, not-from-concentrate orange juice is really made, and how 'fresh' it is. The team then travel around the UK to find out w...

  • Ep 7

    7.Tomatoes and Strawberry Flavour

    29-10-201225m

    Kate Quilton travels to Holland to find out how manufacturers prevent tomatoes in packaged sandwiches from going soggy, and the team investigates the production of strawberry-flavo...

  • Ep 8

    8.Sausages and Ice-Cream

    05-11-201225m

    Matt Tebbutt travels to Sweden to learn how a food company uses liquid smoke to flavour sausages, a method that is cheaper and quicker and enables flavours to be tailored more effe...

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