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A look at some of the largest factories in Britain.

Gregg Wallace and Cherry Healey hit factory floors across Britain for a snoop around their supersized production lines. What are the secrets behind our supermarket staples?

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Inside the Factory: Series 7: Mints

Mints

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Gregg visits a factory that churns out 32 million mints per day.

Gregg visits a factory that churns out 32 million mints per day. Cherry Healey visits the largest sugar beet factory in Europe, and Ruth Goodman explores minty mouthwash marketing.

Gregg Wallace visits a factory with a menthol scent - the Polos factory in York, which produces 32 million mints every day and contributes to the 19,000 tonnes of mints per year that the UK consumes.

Meanwhile, Cherry Healey visits the largest sugar beet factory in Europe and helps to bring in the harvest on one of the last surviving peppermint farms in the UK. And Ruth Goodman explores the clever marketing that persuaded many people to purchase minty mouthwash.

Inside the Factory: Series 7

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Gregg Wallace accesses the huge factories making our most iconic vehicles.

In this series of supersized specials, Gregg Wallace accesses huge factories using extraordinary engineering processes to make our most iconic vehicles.

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