Food Unwrapped (book)

Food Unwrapped is a 2014 book about the food industry by the British writer Daniel Tapper. It is based on a BBC Channel 4 television series of the same name,[1][2] and covers food science and food technology in mass-produced foods[3] with the objective of "dispel[ing] food myths and reveal[ing] some truths about the food we buy".[4] Subjects covered in the book include the relative merits of sea salt versus table salt;[5] and the harm or lack of harm in artificial food colorings and flavorings.[2][3]

This article is about the book based on the television series. For the original television series, see Food Unwrapped.
Food Unwrapped: Lifting the Lid on How Our Food Is Really Produced
AuthorDaniel Tapper
LanguageEnglish
SubjectFood/Food technology
PublisherTransworld, Bantam
Publication date
April 17, 2014
Pages304
ISBN9780593073612

The book's author has also been a contributor to The Guardian[6] and Waitrose Kitchen.[7] In 2013, using knowledge he acquired as a self-taught homebrewer, Tapper opened a brewery producing American Pale Ale style beer (using American Cascade hops).[1][8]

References
  1. Daniel Tapper talks to Steve Wright: The food writer discusses his book, Food Unwrapped (Audio interview), BBC Radio 2, February 18, 2015
  2. Siobhan Norton (January 27, 2015), "Food secrets: the good, the bad...and the faeces", The Independent
  3. Rachel Clun (February 11, 2015), "Things you didn't know about your food", Stuff.co.nz
  4. Helen Glaberson (January 26, 2015), "Your orange juice could be two years old", Good Housekeeping
  5. Gavin Sherriff (February 11, 2015), "Food Unwrapped author Daniel Tapper reveals the secrets to what's in your food", The Sunday Post
  6. Author profile: Daniel Tapper, The Guardian, retrieved 2015-03-18
  7. Daniel Tapper (May 2012), "Food heroes", Waitrose Kitchen, retrieved 2015-03-18
  8. Jack Dutton (2014), "From Bylines to Brewing", XCity, City University London, p. 10


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