The BEST episodes of Food Unwrapped season 17
Every episode of Food Unwrapped season 17, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Food Unwrapped season 17!
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 - Favourites: Squid and Chips, Kangaroo Meat, Pesto
Season 17 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/23/2019
Some favourite investigations as Jimmy Doherty looks at how our national dish could become squid and chips, Kate Quilton reports on kangaroo meat, and Matt Tebbutt looks at pesto.
#2 - Favourites: Lager & Ale, Crumpets
Season 17 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/2019
Another selection of the team's favourite investigations, including Jimmy Doherty visiting Europe's biggest brewery to explain the difference between lager and ale. Kate Quilton sets Matt Tebbutt the challenge of making crumpets, and finds out how they get filled with unique holes at the Warburtons factory in Enfield.
#3 - Icing, Soy Beans, Hemp-based Foods
Season 17 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/2019
Matt Tebbutt reveals the secret behind the iced writing that is so perfect on every supermarket birthday cake, while Kate Quilton looks at the growing trend of hemp-based food products. Jimmy Doherty heads to Japan to establish why soy is in so many of the public's favourite foods and learns how this little bean could be health enhancing.
#4 - Favourites: McVitie's, Corks, Mascarpone
Season 17 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/2019
Another selection of the team's favourite investigations. Kate Quilton visits McVitie's in Carlisle to find out why so many biscuits have little holes all over them. Jimmy Doherty heads to Portugal to see how corks are made for wine bottles, while Matt Tebbutt is in Italy to learn why mascarpone is more expensive than other soft cheeses.
#5 - Favourites: Haagen-Dazs, Vanilla, Edam, Plastic in Seafood
Season 17 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/2019
A selection of the team's favourite investigations. Kate Quilton visits Haagen-Dazs to find out why some vanilla ice-creams are more expensive than others, while Helen Lawal heads to Tanzania to see the lengths vanilla farmers go to in the production of the natural flavouring. Matt Tebbutt travels to the Netherlands to explore the myth that Edam was once used as emergency cannon balls and Jimmy Doherty learns about an innovative solution to the problem of shellfish feeding on discarded plastic in the sea.
#6 - Homegrown Fruit and Veg, Eels, Ginger Beer
Season 17 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/2019
Jimmy Doherty whether it is worth growing one's own fruit and vegetables, or if the supermarket equivalent is always cheaper, and learns about Britain's current soil crisis. Helen Lawal exposes the lucrative trade of illegal trafficking of eels and Kate Quilton discovers what gives ginger beer its kick.