Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
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🔬 Meat Without Animals?
We follow the journey of plant-based meat from early TVP and tofu bacon to a Dutch lab creating realistic “plant meat” with real muscle-like texture. Can it fool die-hard meat eaters at a London BBQ joint?
🍌 Can Bananas Fight Viruses?
Jimmy travels to Ecuador and the UK to uncover how banana lectin is being studied as a potential virus blocker — and how this everyday fruit could one day help save lives.
🥔 Why Are Some Crisps Green?
We head to a potato farm and crisp factory to discover why green crisps appear in bags, if they’re dangerous, and the intense process used to stop them reaching your mouth.
#foodunwrapped #food #bananas
Our team of intrepid presenters (Jimmy Doherty, Kate Quilton, Matt Tebbutt, Helen Lawal, Andi Oliver, Amanda Byram and Briony May Williams) travel the world uncovering unusual, intriguing and surprising secrets behind the food we eat.
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00:00 Meat Substitutes Through History
03:33 The Lab Creating Realistic Plant Meat
07:18 Bananas Used in Medical Research
10:34 Inside Ecuador’s Banana Plantations
13:52 Green Crisps – Toxic or Safe?
18:04 Factory Secrets of Crisp Production
20:32 Blind Taste Test – BBQ Experts Try Plant Meat
Subscribe for more #FoodUnwrapped ➡️ bit.ly/FoodUnwrapped
🔬 Meat Without Animals?
We follow the journey of plant-based meat from early TVP and tofu bacon to a Dutch lab creating realistic “plant meat” with real muscle-like texture. Can it fool die-hard meat eaters at a London BBQ joint?
🍌 Can Bananas Fight Viruses?
Jimmy travels to Ecuador and the UK to uncover how banana lectin is being studied as a potential virus blocker — and how this everyday fruit could one day help save lives.
🥔 Why Are Some Crisps Green?
We head to a potato farm and crisp factory to discover why green crisps appear in bags, if they’re dangerous, and the intense process used to stop them reaching your mouth.
#foodunwrapped #food #bananas
Our team of intrepid presenters (Jimmy Doherty, Kate Quilton, Matt Tebbutt, Helen Lawal, Andi Oliver, Amanda Byram and Briony May Williams) travel the world uncovering unusual, intriguing and surprising secrets behind the food we eat.
Watch full episodes on All4 👉bit.ly/FoodUnwrappedAll4
FACEBOOK 👉bit.ly/FoodUnwrappedFB
TWITTER 👉bit.ly/FoodUnwrappedTW
00:00 Meat Substitutes Through History
03:33 The Lab Creating Realistic Plant Meat
07:18 Bananas Used in Medical Research
10:34 Inside Ecuador’s Banana Plantations
13:52 Green Crisps – Toxic or Safe?
18:04 Factory Secrets of Crisp Production
20:32 Blind Taste Test – BBQ Experts Try Plant Meat
