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Sep 2023
22m 53s

The food we eat that isn't actually food

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Every year, the average person eats about 8kg of additives, which shouldn't come as a surprise if you look at the long list of incomprehensible ingredients on the back of so many packets of food. Dr Chris van Tulleken speaks to Jesse.  
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