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Episode 17: Food packaging and the science behind the things we throw away
Why are cucumbers individually wrapped in plastic? Why is half your bag of chips seemingly filled with air? How can milk sit unrefrigerated on a shelf for months?
Food packaging sounds like it should be boring...until you realize just how much science, history and technology is hiding inside the stuff we rip open and immediately throw away.
In this episode, we're going from ancient food containers to Napoleon-era food preservation, the invention of canning, cellophane, aseptic milk cartons and the tiny engineered environments inside salad bags. We’ll also look at how packaging can influence…
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