Food Unwrapped - Season 9 - Eps 9: Bell Peppers, Subterranean Salt, Coconut Oil, Brazil Nuts
Jimmy takes to the skies above Israel to join the battle to protect the bell pepper crop from the Mediterranean fruit fly, but is amazed to learn that it's not insecticide that he's helping to spread across the desert. Can you put dishwasher salt on your chips? Jimmy visits an extraordinary underground salt mine in Sicily, with a vast network of tunnels leading to a subterranean salt processing plant. Kate visits Vietnam to find out if coconut oil is any healthier than other oils. She also heads to the Amazon rainforest to investigate rumours that the Brazil nuts on UK supermarket shelves are all radioactive.
About Food Unwrapped
Title: Food Unwrapped
First Air Date: 2012-09-10
Last Air Date: 2025-01-31
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 7.3/10 (from 6 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 26
Total Episodes: 147
Network: Channel 4
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Ricochet
Synopsis
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.
Cast
Kate Quilton
Self - Presenter
Matt Tebbutt
Self - Presenter
