Frankenfood | The Mistakes Series

About this episode

Malcolm sends Ben on a mission to investigate food technology and historical mistakes in the food industry.

Would a tomato by any other name taste as sweet? What about a steak? Malcolm sends Ben on a mission to investigate the cutting edge of food technology and two mistakes: one from the 1990s and one that’s unfolding as we speak.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Malcolm

Guest: Ben

Topics covered

• food technology
• mistakes in history
• 1990s food trends
• current food issues
• cultural perceptions of food

Keywords

• Frankenfood
• food technology
• 1990s
• mistakes
• tomato
• steak
• cultural perceptions
• history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pushkin Industries

Products: tomato, steak

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