Food And Drink Episodes

Baked Beans Are Cooked in the Tin?! Behind the Barcode - Paul Hesketh Ep. 32
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Sept. 11, 2026

Baked Beans Are Cooked in the Tin?! Behind the Barcode - Paul Hesketh

Author and entrepreneur **Paul Hesketh** joins Chris Dabbs to reveal the surprising history, science and business behind the food we eat every day. From baked beans being cooked inside the tin and the BBC’s famous spaghetti-tree hoax to tea espionage and the Jaffa Cake VAT battle, *Behind the Barcode* uncovers the extraordinary stories hiding on ordinary supermarket shelves.