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Gregg Wallace visits a jelly beans factory in Dublin to reveal the astonishing processes used to make ten million of these colourful little sweets every day.

Gregg Wallace explores the Jelly Bean Factory in Dublin to reveal the incredible processes it employs to make ten million colourful little sweets every day.

Cherry Healey visits the University of Birmingham to learn about the important role glucose plays in our bodies, and she visits a lipstick factory to discover how one of the ingredients in jelly beans plays a key role in the production of her lippy.

Historian Ruth Goodman is serving up the history of jelly and delves into the story of post-war pick鈥榥鈥檓ix.

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Role Contributor
Presenter Gregg Wallace
Presenter Cherry Healey
Presenter Ruth Goodman
Director Duncan Thompson
Line Producer Lena Piper
Series Producer Michael Rees
Executive Producer Lucy Carter
Executive Producer Sanjay Singhal
Production Company Voltage TV

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