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Food Unwrapped Season 18 Episodes
Season 18 Episode Guide
12 Episodes 2020 - 2020
Episode 0
New Year Health Secrets
47 mins
Jimmy travels to Thailand to discover if ginger makes people more resistant to cold, Amanda learns some fitness facts about spinach and Matt explores easy ways to get a daily dose of fruit and veg.
Episode 1
Does Breakfast
47 mins
Celebrating the great British breakfast with a look back at some of the UK's favourite brekkie-based investigations. Including, the story of baked beans, why nuts rise to the top in muesli and why we prefer tea in a mug.
Episode 2
Sweet Tooth Special
47 mins
A compilation of investigations into all things sweet and wonderful. From Parisian macarons and salted caramel, to the secrets of fizzy sweets and the reason some honey is runny and some isn't.
Episode 3
Bread, Buffalo Mozzarella, Mushy Peas
23 mins
Jimmy visits Paris to learn why baguettes go stale faster than sliced bread. Matt checks out buffalo mozzarella in Italy. And Briony discovers the surprising secret to how mushy peas get mushed.
Episode 4
Walnuts, Sour Sweets, Hazy Beers
24 mins
In California, Helen reveals the secret of perfect walnuts. Matt asks what makes sour sweets sour? Andi finds out how brewers make their trendy hazy beers cloudy.
Episode 5
Tomato Ketchup, Oysters, Eggs
24 mins
How can there be so many tomatoes in a tomato ketchup bottle? When did oysters go from Victorian bar snack to luxury food? Plus, the truth about medium vs large eggs.
Episode 6
Does Chocolate
46 mins
As an Easter treat, the team take a trip through the archives to look at some of their favourite chocolate-based reports, from after-dinner mints to bubbly chocolate, white chocolate, and what makes dark chocolate good for your health.
Episode 7
Does Baking
47 mins
To celebrate the wonderful world of baking, a look inside the world's biggest bread factory. Plus the secret ingredient in the Israeli desert that keeps icing sugar so light and powdery.
Episode 8
Fast Food Special
47 mins
A celebration of the world of takeaways and fast food, from the pizzas at Papa John's, to the health risks of rare burgers, the fries at KFC, and the secret of instant noodles.
Episode 9
Does Snacks
47 mins
A celebratory look back at some favourite snack-centred stories, from funny-shaped crisps to pork scratchings, rice cakes and nuts, and the perils of double-dipping tortilla chips
Episode 10
Comfort Foods Special
47 mins
A celebration of the foods we turn to when we crave comfort, from pizza to pork pies, and from custard to Cornish pasties. Plus, the inside scoop on fish fingers and ice cream.
Episode 11
Store Cupboard Staples
47 mins
A celebration of the mighty store cupboard, from peanut butter's amazing shelf life, to the mysteries of Marmite, and some extraordinary anchovy fishing off the coast of Italy.