It used to be so simple. For centuries, the staple UK diet mainly consisted of basic, locally produced foods such as dairy products, meat, poultry, fish and grains. With an exotic fruit called "an orange" at Christmas if you were extremely lucky! Imports from other countries expanded the range of food available. But we hadn’t seen nothing until 20th and 21st century food technology came along. Technology has led to a whole supermarketful of products that we would never have had before… Find out more about some of the applied science that’s right there on your plate and in your cup. Go Back