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    The Foods That Make Billions - Pots of Gold

    Episode 3
    Ep3 - Pots of Gold: This episode tells the story of how yoghurt has been transformed from an unknown hippy food into a super food in 40 years. Along the way, yoghurt has driven a health revolution in the modern food business. With access to the world's largest food companies, the team travels to Japan, Finland, France to explain how yoghurt's most important role has been to lead the food industry into the lucrative new market of functional food. The film explains how and why, today, all major food companies consider themselves less as processed food companies and more as health and wellness providers. It's a story of how our changing attitudes to food and health have both shaped and been influenced by this extraordinary industry. The story of yoghurt tracks a changing and diversifying Britain, along the way delivering consumers enormous choice, and business enormous profits.
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    The Foods That Make Billions - The Age of Plenty

    Episode 2
    Ep2 - The Age of Plenty: This episode tells the incredible story of how business has turned grain into one of the biggest success stories of the modern food industry. With unprecedented access to the world's largest food companies, including Kellogg's, this is the inside story of how breakfast cereals have transformed the way we eat and the way we live. This is the original processed, convenience food. It has ushered in a modern age of plenty in terms of choice and abundance. Cereals are cheap and abundant but their real value lies in the processing, advertising and marketing that goes into creating well known brands. It's a controversial business that both responds to and drives our changing relationship with food and our obsession with health.
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    The Foods That Make Billions - Liquid Gold

    Episode 1
    Ep1 - Liquid Gold: The first episode in this series tells the extraordinary story of how the bottled water industry has grown from nothing to become one of the biggest success stories in the modern food and beverage industry in just 40 years. With unprecedented access to the world's largest food and beverage companies, including Nestle and Danone, this is the inside story of how the bottled water business has become emblematic of an age of plenty in the West. With billions at stake, the market is fiercely fought over by the world's multinationals who promise us health, convenience and youth. It is natural and pure and sourced at minimal cost, its real value lies in the marketing and branding. Told by the BBC Money Programme team, this film takes us to Hawaii, Japan, North America, France, Switzerland and Scotland to chart what lies behind the incredible success of this industry and explore what it tells us about ourselves.