Discover: How It’s Made

Traditional Soy Sauce Brewing | A Portrait in the Netherlands

“The most important ingredient in soy sauce? Time!”

Gluten-Free Foods: Are They Actually Healthy?

Or is it all just marketing?

How is Vanilla Grown?

It’s hard work growing these beans

Mushroom Farming & Processing | Ask The Expert

Mushrooms can be enriched with Vitamin D?

Mozzarella Cheese | How It’s Made

What makes it stretch?

The Secrets of Wasabi

You might never have tasted the real thing

What is Bubble Tea? | Insider Secrets on Bubble Tea

Also known as: boba!

Animal Testing in Food Research | Ask the Expert

Are there any alternatives?

The Chemistry Behind the Fermentation of Yogurt

What's the science behind yogurt fermentation?

Sourdough Starter: How it Works

The chemistry behind your sourdough starter

Figs & Wasps | How Plant and Pollinator Work Together

Are you potentially eating wasps?

Manuka Honey and Jarrah Honey | How It’s Made

What makes bioactive honey so different?

Nutritional Yeast: How It’s Made

Turning a handful of cells into a mountain of flavour.

Vitamin D Supplements | How It’s Made

Is it really sunshine in a pill?

Palm Oil | How It’s Made

Origins of the widely-used oil

How Tofu is Made

It's like cheese!

Coffee Roasting & Harvesting | Techniques for Flavour

Discover how coffee is sourced, harvested and roasted

Cashew Nuts | How It’s Made

How are cashew nuts processed?

Why are some egg yolks so orange?

Cracking the colour of egg yolks

Dehydrating Food | How It Works

Ancient practices in the modern world

How Is Jackfruit Eaten & How Does It Taste?

Is this fruit sweet or savoury?

Jackfruit | How It’s Grown

Where does jackfruit grow?

How is Food Made? Understanding Processed Food

How is Sugar Made?

Find out where this sweet substance comes from!

How Truffles Are Grown

What makes them so special?

Soy Sauce | How It’s Made

Learn more about this ancient condiment!

Chewing Gum | What is gum made of?

What ingredients are in your chewing gum?

3 Different Types of Sugar

Who knew there were so many different forms of sugar?

Saffron | How it’s Grown

What makes saffron the most expensive spice in the world?

The Brazil Nut | How It’s Grown

Are Brazil nuts really from Brazil?

Shelf Life & Food Waste | The Science & Tech Behind Shelf Life

How we stop food waste

Perfectly Ripe Fruits | How Do They Do It?

How do we find perfectly ripe fruit in the supermarket?

Salt Production | How It’s Made

Where does our favourite mineral come from?

Rice | The Italian Way

How does Italy produce its famous risotto rice?

Instant Noodles | How Are They Made?

Why was this goodness invented?

Kimchi & Kombucha | How It’s Made

Everything you need to know about fermentation.

Seaweed | Growing & Harvesting Farms

Here’s how British seaweed farms are growing and harvesting this sea plant.

Sourdough | History Rises Again

How ancient is your sourdough?

What Makes a Food Product Low-fat?

Discover how fat is removed & replaced in yoghurt.

Rice in Asia | How it’s Grown

What’s the process to get it from the paddy fields to your plate?

When Honey is Good & Ready

Can honey go bad?

Trace Your Food Back to its Source

Food traceability is actually a thing.

Spirulina | How It’s Grown

Grow algae in a giant tube!

Tea bags | Where do they come from?

Who invented the tea bag and why do we use it?

Chickpeas | How It’s Grown

Chickpeas -where do they come from?

Cheese—to pasteurise or not to pasteurise?

The process of pasteurisation has helped preserve food and made it safe to eat for longer.

Animal Vaccination (Meat Safety) | How it works

Animals are exposed to diseases just like us, and can also be protected by vaccines.