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E Numbers: an Edible Adventure

Stefan Gates

Toni Williamson

Ian Holt

E Numbers: an Edible Adventure: Episode 3: Sweeteners

Factual: Food & Drink

Sweeteners

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Episode 3: Sweeteners

BBC Two - E Numbers: an Edible Adventure, Sweeteners

Stefan Gates looks at E number sweeteners used to replace sugar.

Stefan Gates uncovers the truth about food additives. He looks at E number sweeteners used to replace sugar and learns about the chemicals which hold our food together.

Food writer Stefan Gates continues his quest to uncover the truth about those notorious food additives, E numbers.

Stefan looks at E number sweeteners used to replace sugar and also learns about the chemicals used to hold our food together. He looks at how E numbers keep the ice out of ice cream, discovers the seaweed that's an E number found in our cakes, and even undergoes MRI scans in an attempt to discover whether E number sweeteners are clever enough to fool our brains.

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Food writer Stefan Gates sets out to uncover the truth about E numbers

Food writer Stefan Gates sets off on a three-part adventure to uncover the truth about those notorious food additives, E numbers

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