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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.
Episodes (5)
1. Crocodile Meat & Eggs, Cod Liver Oil, Bagels
Aired 9 January 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. Tea, Seaweed, Rosemary
Aired 16 January 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. Eucalyptus, Pickles, Sauerkraut
Aired 23 January 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.
4. Gelato, Rum, Sweets
Aired 30 January 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?
5. Tequila, Carp, Mandarins, Satsumas and Clementines
Aired 6 February 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?