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Gregg Wallace visits a factory that churns out 1.4 billion Jaffa Cakes a year, while Cherry Healey is in the city responsible for growing the fruit that gives these cakes their name.

Gregg Wallace visits a Manchester factory that churns out 6 million Jaffa Cakes every single day - 1.4 billion per year. Cherry Healey is in Jaffa, the city responsible for growing the fruit that gives these cakes their name. Ruth Goodman investigates why an urgent legal decision was required as to whether they are cakes or biscuits.

58 minutes

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterGregg Wallace
PresenterCherry Healey
PresenterRuth Goodman
DirectorDuncan Thompson
Series ProducerNicola Lafferty
Executive ProducerLucy Carter
Executive ProducerSanjay Singhal
Production CompanyVoltage TV

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