The Food Chain

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The Food Chain

Pesticide exports

Many countries allow the manufacture and export of pesticides that are banned for use in their...

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Food for new mums

Seaweed soup, aniseed sprinkles on toast, pig trotter soup and fried chicken. In this episode...

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Eco scores on food labels

The European Union wants to introduce one system for scoring the sustainability of food products....

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How to read a menu

Pan fried, artisanal, gourmet: there's a fashion for foodie words. Why? In this episode, Ruth...

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Cooking in extreme places

Wherever humans go, whatever we do, we need to eat. In this programme, we meet the people...

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Why is food so expensive in Ghana?

Ghana’s inflation rate is one of the highest in the world, much of it driven by rising food...

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The rise of private chefs

This week, Ruth Alexander is exploring the growing market for professional home cooking and...

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How to feed a city

More than half of us globally now live in cities. The United Nations estimates that by 2050, that...

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Can you eat your way to 100?

What if you could reach a great age through your dietary choices? Imagine – that the food you eat...

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Bonnie Garmus: My life in five dishes

Bonnie Garmus, author of the bestselling novel Lessons in Chemistry, shares the story of her life...

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What's in a national dish?

Many dishes have become famous national symbols both at home and abroad, for example Italian...

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The taste test

Consumers have the buying power but how much are they considered when a brand decides to make a...

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The art of food diplomacy

As India welcomes the world’s biggest economies for the G20 meeting this September, we look at...

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Feeding baby

Weaning refers to the process of introducing your baby to solid foods, alongside breast milk or...

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Stop chewing like that!

Imagine not being able to sit and eat at the dinner table with your family without feeling...

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Banh mi: a sandwich with a story

The banh mi is a staple street food in Vietnam and increasingly popular around the world. But how...

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The Little Italy story

Italian food is one of the most popular cuisines in the world, but how did it first make its way...

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This kid cooks

At what age should you start teaching children to cook, and why should you? In this programme,...

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Immersive dining

Immersive dining has become something of a culinary craze in recent years. As well as serving...

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Africa's forgotten foods

The African continent is seeing one of the fastest rates of urbanisation in the world. As...

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