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ReviewCelebrity MasterChef: latest crop of stars show promise
The waft of allspice and lime was almost palpable in the final round
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Coronavirus: Can Our Supermarkets Cope? Channel 4’s quest for disaster proves unhelpful
As grocery shelves were stripped bare, the programme received outpourings of scorn on social media for spreading yet more fear
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Dispatches’ ‘Truth About Your Coffee’ offers bleak insight into child labour
One 12-year-old boy carried a 50lb sack to earn less than £2 during a nine-hour work day
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BBC unmasks the Dr Evil of Data in Amazon: What They Know About Us
Jeff Bezos has the laugh of a Bond villain
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Crazy Delicious: Heston Blumenthal phones it in as show fails to wow
Contestants pick ingredients from an edible set and create ‘wacky’ dishes
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George Monbiot light on detail in Apocalypse Cow: How Meat Killed the Planet
Environmental campaigner George Monbiot is about as popular with British farmers as a late subsidy cheque
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Inside Aldi at Christmas: how the discounter mastered festivity in the UK
This year Aldi expects to take more than £1bn over the festive period: and it’s got the hugely successful formula to do it
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Dispatches: The Secrets of Amazon barely lifts the lid
An undercover reporter spent four weeks at an Amazon warehouse, but the online behemoth’s supposed evils were skipped over at rapid rate
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Football Going Vegan: sports stars fail to convince Jermaine Jenas
The former England footballer visited Forest Green Rovers, the world’s first vegan football club
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Secrets of the Superfactories: a look behind the scenes of Heinz beans
Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, the Heinz factory in Wigan is making tins and tins of baked beans
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Snackmasters: how hard can it be to recreate a Kit Kat?
The first episode of Channel 4’s Snackmasters challenged two British chefs to recreate the legendary bar
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Food Unwrapped looks at whether squid could stand in for cod
As climate change warms our seas, traditional fish species such as cod and haddock are moving on
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Has Burger King beaten McDonald’s at its own game, asks Channel 5 documentary
McDonald’s has historically been two steps ahead of Burger King – but its rival is blazing the trail of plant-based
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Supermarket Sweep: low-stakes naff-fest remains frothy fun
It’s been more than 10 years since Supermarket Sweep has been on our screens, and even longer since its 1990s heyday
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Celebrity MasterChef: an appealing reflection of how Britain really cooks
How quickly Celebrity MasterChef can bring you down
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Food Unwrapped: interesting if slightly fluffy Q&A programme
Is there any difference between cat and dog food? Why is there so little wasabi in wasabi paste?
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The High Low podcast: insightful analysis of wellness myths
Do turmeric lattes and kombucha improve our health? Should we drink celery juice every day?
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The Doctor’s Kitchen: an informative look at how diet affects mental health
The way our diets have changed is having huge impacts on people’s health, according to Professor Felice Jacka
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Mars shows the way on ‘changing the world for pets’
Few pet owners know Mars makes more pet products than it does chocolate
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The Food Programme recalls the magic of grandmothers’ cooking
Many of us will have fond memories of visiting our grandmothers as children
