Jimmy Doherty visits Italy to discover how manufacturers can claim to pack so many flavours into their coffee pods when they use just two types of coffee beans. In the Netherlands, Matt Tebbutt finds out if baby carrots are really babies. In France, at the HQ of one of the world's biggest luxury ice cream brands, Kate Quilton asks why some vanilla ice creams are more expensive than others. And, in Tanzania, Dr Helen Lawal sees the incredible lengths that vanilla farmers must go to.

Food Unwrapped reveals the secrets of China's food. In China, Jimmy Doherty and Matt Tebbutt sample extraordinary and exotic dishes, meet the skilled workers working in small cooperatives, and witness a blend of ancient farming techniques and commercial production on an epic scale. Jimmy visits the incredible remote village of Juehui, in the Sichuan province, where all the residents work together to make noodles the traditional way, by hanging them out to dry on their rooftops, creating views that have to be seen to be believed. Matt visits China's largest meat processing base, where 20,000 people work, and explores how China has become the world's biggest producer of garlic. He sees the life-changing effect this humble crop has had on rural communities and discovers a turbo-charged variety that packs a punch.