Jimmy's Food Factory
On: BBC 1
Date: Wednesday 21st October 2009



Breakfast
Science series in which farmer Jimmy Doherty asks what really goes into supermarket food. To find out, he takes a surprising and novel approach, setting up his own food factory in a barn. Inside the barn he makes his own versions of supermarket food, knocking together make-shift factory production lines to see what they are really doing to our food. In this programme, he makes breakfast from scratch. Why is the most nutritious part of the corn removed from cornflakes? Jimmy tries to find out.

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Jimmy's Food Factory
On: BBC 1
Date: Wednesday 28th October 2009

What's in My Sandwich?
Science series in which farmer Jimmy Doherty tries to find out what really goes into supermarket food. His novel approach is to set up a food factory in a barn and recreate his own versions. In this programme Jimmy asks, 'What's really in my sandwich?'. How does supermarket bread stay soft for over a week? If processed cheese only contains 60% cheese, what else is in it? He also discovers the lengths to which one bagged-salad producer goes to ensure we never find a caterpillar or bug in our bag.

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awesome show! i love shows where they build homespun versions of factory machines

Jimmy's Food Factory
On: BBC 1
Date: Wednesday 4th November 2009

From the Fridge. Episode 3.
Science series in which farmer Jimmy Doherty tries to find out what really goes into supermarket food. His novel approach is to set up a food factory in a barn and recreate his own versions. In this programme he investigates what happens to milk before it arrives on the supermarket shelf. He also attempts to make his own reduced fat spread, unearths some of the imperfect wrinkly eggs that do not make the grade and discovers how bacteria are used to turn milk into Red Leicester cheese.

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Jimmy's Food Factory
On: BBC 1
Date: Wednesday 11th November 2009

Preserving. Episode 4.
Entertaining science series in which farmer Jimmy Doherty explores the truth behind supermarket food production. In this programme he tries to copy some of the methods that food companies use to preserve food. He finds out why peas have to be frozen within hours of picking and attempts to suck all the water out of strawberries. He also discovers how heat rather than artificial preservatives prolong the life of ready meals and visits the world's biggest baked beans factory.

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Jimmy's Food Factory
On: BBC 1
Date: Wednesday 18th November 2009

Snack Food. Episode 5.
Entertaining science series in which farmer Jimmy Doherty investigates supermarket food production. In this programme he looks at our favourite snack foods. He attempts to mix his own cola syrup and inject some fizz and also tries to make shaped potato snacks. How will drainpipe, a hand-mincer and a water cooler bottle help him? He goes to the world's biggest ice cream factory and also visits a crisp factory to discover why the perfect crunch makes eating crisps so enjoyable.

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So Jimmy is so skint that he's resorted to re-making his best mates shows.

Next year it'll be 'Jimmy does School Dinners'