The BEST episodes of Food Unwrapped season 15
Every episode of Food Unwrapped season 15, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Food Unwrapped season 15!
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.
#1 - Poppy Seeds, Cooking Oil, Ancient Grain Bread
Season 15 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/8/2018
Jimmy Doherty finds out if eating too many poppy seeds could make him fail a drugs test. Kate Quilton learns the consequences of tipping your waste cooking oil down the drain. And Matt Tebbutt has a Sicilian bake-off with increasingly popular ancient grain bread.
#2 - Oregano, Peanut Allergies, Ribena
Season 15 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/15/2018
Jimmy Doherty travels to Turkey on the trail of a surprising food fraud: oregano. Kate Quilton investigates the worrying rise in peanut allergies. And Matt Tebbutt traces the elusive British blackcurrant from the field to the Ribena factory.
#3 - Soft-shell Crab, Blue Dye, Pork Pies
Season 15 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/12/2018
Jimmy Doherty is in the US state of Maryland to find out why soft-shell crab is such a delicacy, Kate Quilton asks what in nature provides the bright blue dye used in sweets and Matt Tebbutt reveals why there is jelly in pork pies and the lengths scientists go to in order to put it there.
#4 - Malt, Caviar, Muesli
Season 15 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/19/2018
Kate Quilton investigates malt, revealing how one of the unsung heroes of the kitchen cupboard is produced, while Jimmy Doherty follows the trail from Russia to Ramsgate to discover why caviar is so expensive and Matt Tebbutt examines what goes into muesli.
#5 - Baby Rice, Beef Burgers, Sushi
Season 15 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/22/2018
Matt Tebbutt investigates concerns about levels of naturally occurring arsenic in baby rice products, Jimmy Doherty examines Marks & Spencer's claim that they can trace all their beefburgers back to the cow, and Kate Quilton find out whether a parasite could be hiding in sushi.
#6 - Baked Beans, Stinky Cheese, Diet Champagne
Season 15 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/2018
Are baked beans baked? If stinky cheese smells so bad why does it taste so good? And Matt gets the skinny on diet champagne.
#7 - Kippers, Gherkins, Rice Cakes
Season 15 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/26/2018
Jimmy Doherty sets out to learn how kippers are produced, and finds out why this nutritious smoked fish is no longer a breakfast favourite, while Kate Quilton is in Germany to investigate gherkins, discovering a space-age machine that can pickle food in seconds. Matt Tebbutt and Helen Lawal try to discover why rice cakes are white when they are made of brown rice.
#8 - Split Red Lentils, Tea, Bubblegum & Chewing Gum
Season 15 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/29/2018
Jimmy Doherty visits Sri Lanka to reveal the extraordinary lengths to which manufacturers go in order to split red lentils, and asks why they bother with this process. Kate Quilton learns why the way tea is drunk can affect its taste, and Matt Tebbutt finds out the difference between bubblegum and chewing gum.
#9 - Fizzy Sweets, Vitamin D, Mushrooms, Raw Kale
Season 15 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/3/2018
Jimmy Doherty investigates what makes fizzy sweets effervesce and swots up on his chemistry to see if he can harness their explosive power in a rocket. In Ireland, Kate Quilton finds out if a range of vitamin-enriched mushrooms could help the one in five Britons who lack vitamin D, while Matt Tebbutt explores claims that raw kale may be bad for people's health.