Food Unwrapped

Season 10

2017 · 5 episodes · 2h 5m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Crocodile Meat & Eggs, Cod Liver Oil, Bagels

   9 Jan 2017 · 25 min

   How do you farm crocodiles? Kate visits Australia to find out and collects crocodile eggs from under their mothers' noses. Does cod liver oil have to be cod? Why do bagels taste different from bread?

2. 2

   2. Tea, Seaweed, Rosemary

   16 Jan 2017 · 25 min

   Kate finds out why rosemary is in so many food products. Jimmy meets a man whose taste buds are insured for a million pounds, in of one of the UK's biggest tea producers. Plus: seaweed.

3. 3

   3. Eucalyptus, Pickles, Sauerkraut

   23 Jan 2017 · 25 min

   Should we keep coffee, tomatoes, potatoes and even red wine in the fridge? Kate finds out why eucalyptus is so good at clearing our airwaves. Plus: sauerkraut.

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   4. Gelato, Rum, Sweets

   30 Jan 2017 · 25 min

   Kate visits Rome to find out what the difference is between gelato and ice cream. Plus: are dark rum and white rum made with different ingredients? And why do mints make your mouth cold?

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   5. Tequila, Carp, Mandarins, Satsumas and Clementines

   6 Feb 2017 · 25 min

   What are those worms doing in bottles of tequila? How do you stop carp tasting of mud? And what's the difference between tangerines, mandarins, satsumas and clementines?