Inside the Factory - Season 5 - Eps 9: Cereal Bars
How a factory in Essex produces 400,000 cereal bars a day - from nuts to cranberries and sultanas to puffed rice, with a carefully balanced blend of honey and glucose binding it all together for the ideal texture. How macadamia nuts are harvested in South Africa, and shelled under extraordinary pressure. The scientific distinction between botanical nuts, legumes and drupes. The history of Britain's cereal bars, including one Kendal Mint Cake snack bar made popular by famous explorers Ernest Shackleton and Sir Edmund Hillary.
About Inside the Factory
Title: Inside the Factory
First Air Date: 2015-05-05
Last Air Date: 2025-02-04
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 7.692/10 (from 13 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 10
Total Episodes: 69
Network: BBC Two
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Voltage TV
Synopsis
Paddy McGuinness and Cherry Healey get exclusive access to some of the largest factories in Britain to reveal the secrets behind production on an epic scale.
Cast
Paddy McGuinness
Self - Presenter
Cherry Healey
Self - Presenter
Ruth Goodman
Self - Presenter
