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Eat Me (Or Try Not To)

6 episodes 93%4KCC

Inside the brands that transformed how the world eats.

This six-part series explores how globally iconic food brands shape our world and influence where we are headed. You will uncover the forces behind the products, habits, and choices that define modern eating, making each episode a sharper way to see the food around you. Sign up to watch a story that turns everyday brands into a bigger idea about culture and change.

Episode guide

6 episodes
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1The Takeover
It’s hard to imagine going through a whole day without eating at least one of our favorite food brands. No matter where you are in the world. In under two centuries, they’ve spanned continents and cultures, spurred innovation and technology, and forever changed the food landscape.
50 min
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2The Taste
Our food preferences are influenced by dozens of factors, including genetics, environment, and habit. But the taste is also about perception. The color, texture, and weight of food are as important as the flavor. So what does it take to create the next iconic food product?
50 min
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3The Marketing
Today, we’re familiar with so many food brands that we no longer need to be convinced to buy many of them. But at one point, each and every one of them had to come up with a plan to get us to try them. Today, the food and drink marketing industry is worth about $900 billion - and growing.
50 min
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4The Supply Chain
With every single bite or sip that we take, we are participating in the oldest and one of the most complex and sophisticated journey’s around the world ever taken. The global food supply chain is part of an 8 trillion dollar network that produces over 4 billion tons of food each year.
50 min
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5The Impact
Food brands have traveled around the world for as long as humans have. But it doesn’t just visit. It sticks around and changes the place. It doesn’t need a passport or a visa, just some welcoming taste buds. And once that food is adopted, it becomes part of local culture and tradition.
50 min
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6The Future
It’s an interesting time to be in the food business. Or, you know, just eat. Climate change, a global pandemic, a booming population…It’s also a time ripe with opportunity, not unlike the first wave of the industrial food revolution that gave us the first globally mass produced, processed foods.
50 min
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