About the show

Where does our food come from? What have scientists added or taken away? Does it matter? Farmer and TV personality Jimmy Doherty uncovers the science behind the food we eat.

Jimmy’s Food Factory is back for a second series, to unravel the scientific secrets behind mass food production. From oven chips to squirty cream, from fruity yogurt to chicken kiev, there’s something for everyone on Jimmy’s menu.

Jimmy has set up his own food factory in his Suffolk barn. Using farmyard and household junk, he goes back to basics to create his own supermarket food production line.

Find out what fakes the fat in low fat mayo, how high tech hospital equipment is improving your Sunday roast and how making puffed breakfast cereal can be a noisy and dangerous business!

Jimmy also visits some of the country’s leading food manufacturers to uncover their secret weapons. How can a factory make six million Yorkshire puddings a day and guarantee they all rise? Or be certain that all 15,000 mini rolls they produce every hour actually roll?

In this series, Jimmy investigates roast dinner, pub grub, kids’ party foods and high tech foods. Through entertaining experiments and revealing industry secrets, Jimmy makes sure no meal will ever be the same again.