This special edition focuses on the midday meal. What lunches make us sleepy? Which is more fattening sandwiches, wraps or bagels? Sushi and the trend for teens to eat fried chicken for lunch are also looked at.
A week before Brits tuck into Christmas dinner the team uncover surprises behind festive food. Jimmy heads to Sri Lanka to look at yuletide spices, Matt visits a mince pie factory and Kate checks the alcohol content of festive foods.
In this Christmas Special a bumper team of presenters look at ways to feed your family and friends over the festive period better, cheaper and faster. From novel turkey cooking methods to affordable champagne.
In this special vegan edition of the show, Kate learns the surprising secrets of the vegan cheese melt, can Jimmy go vegan for a week? Should we be raising children as vegans?
Jimmy examines how plastic packaging is polluting the food chain with potentially global implications. Matt runs across a pond of custard. Is it possible to predict who will love or hate Marmite?
Jimmy visits Spain to see how much orange is in orange squash. In Canada, Matt finds out why maple syrup is so expensive. Kate reveals the surprising reason why so many of Britain's favourite biscuits have holes in them.
What gives fizzy sweets their fizz, and can you harness their explosive power in a rocket? One in five of us lack vitamin D; can mushrooms help? And is raw kale bad for you?