Grade Level: JrH-Adult Producer: BBC Closed Captioned: No

Running Time: 6x30 mins Country of Origin: Great Britain Study Guide: No

Copyright Date: 2009 Available in French: No

Instant coffee, processed cheese, square sandwich ham - behind every supermarket product is a process and behind every process is a scientific breakthrough. In this entertaining and thought-provoking programme, farmer and host Jimmy Doherty unpacks the science behind the food items we buy every day - from stay-fresh bread to soft scoop ice cream.

Working from a makeshift science lab inside a barn, Jimmy carries out experiments to uncover the secrets of food technology. Exploding myths and revealing the little-known processes of food production, Jimmy's Food Factory will change the way you think about food.

"an unusually intelligent show ... we were invited to make our own minds up, presented with contrary points of view and also reasonably entertained along the way ... a strange hybrid of Top Gear-meets-Heston Blumenthal"
- Daily Express