Jimmy's Food Factory

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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 5: Snack Food

Snack Food

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Episode 5: Snack Food

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BBC One - Jimmy's Food Factory, Series 1, Snack Food

Jimmy attempts to mix his own cola syrup and make hoop-shaped potato snacks.

Science series. Farmer Jimmy Doherty attempts to make his own fizzy cola and potato snacks and visits the world's biggest ice cream factory.

Farmer Jimmy Doherty is trying to discover what really goes into supermarket food. To find out, he goes back to basics and sets up his own food factory in a barn.

In this programme Jimmy investigates the science behind our favourite snack foods. Can you describe the flavour of fizzy cola? Experts say cola's flavour includes lavender and coriander as well as orange, lime and lemon. After a supermarket taste test, Jimmy attempts to mix his own cola syrup and inject some fizz. He also tries to work out how to make potato into hoops, twirls and other shaped snacks.

Jimmy's snack food production line consists of drainpipe, a hand-mincer and a water cooler bottle. How will they help him reveal the secrets behind our favourite snack foods?

Jimmy visits the biggest ice cream factory in the world in his quest to discover the secret ingredient that makes ice cream the only food we can eat straight from the freezer. He also visits one of the world's biggest crisp factories to discover why the perfect crunch makes eating crisps so enjoyable.

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