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Science series in which farmer Jimmy Doherty asks what really goes into supermarket food.

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Jimmy's Food Factory: Series 1: Episode 2: What's in My Sandwich?

What's in My Sandwich?

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BBC One - Jimmy's Food Factory, Series 1, What's in My Sandwich?

Jimmy tries to discover what really goes into supermarket sandwiches.

Science series with farmer Jimmy Doherty. In this episode he tries to discover what really goes into supermarket sandwiches.

In this entertaining new science series, farmer Jimmy Doherty tries to discover what really goes into supermarket food. To do this he takes a surprising and novel approach - he sets up his own food factory in a barn. 

In this episode Jimmy asks, 'What's really in my sandwich?' He attempts to discover what they do to supermarket bread to make it stay soft for over a week, while home-baked bread goes stale and rock hard after just a few days.

He wonders why square processed cheese slices are so popular - can it really be because they are so conveniently bread shaped? Why do they melt differently to 'normal cheese'? And if processed cheese only contains 60% cheese, what are the other ingredients?

To copy the factory processes, Jimmy makes supermarket bread in a metal dustbin, and square processed cheese slices using a tin bucket and an electric drill.

To complete his investigation Jimmy leaves the barn to find out how one bagged-salad producer in Wiltshire goes to herculean efforts to ensure we never find a caterpillar or bug in our bag, and how waste bananas are being used in Hertfordshire to grow tomatoes out of season.

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