Food Unwrapped - Season 1

Season 1

Episodes

Grapefruit and Probiotics
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.

Lemons and Ham
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.

Prawns and Mushrooms
Kate investigates how prawns are intensively farmed and Matt discovers why there are often so few wild mushrooms in our wild mushroom soups.

Olives and Beer
The fourth episode of Food Unwrapped explores the difference between green and black olives, and why not everything that goes into beer processing is listed in the ingredients.

Seafood Sticks and Wine
The team head to Thailand to find out what seafood goes into seafood sticks, and discover how some British wine is really made... in Spain.

Orange Juice and Mayonnaise
Kate Quilton heads to Spain to find out how pure squeezed, not-from-concentrate orange juice is really made, and how fresh it is.

Tomatoes and Strawberry Flavour
Kate travels from Essex to Holland to try and find out how sandwich manufacturers stop our packet tomato sarnies from going soggy.

Sausages and Ice-Cream
The food enthusiasts discover how much cream is in ice cream, and find out how to smoke cheese, sausages and crisps with liquid smoke.
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