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BBC The Foods That Make Billions

This major new series tells the untold story of how big business feeds us bytransforming simple commodities into everyday necessities and highly profitablebrands.

1 of 3 Liquid Gold

The first episode tells the extraordinary story of how the bottled water industry has grown from nothing to become one of the biggest success stories inthe modern food and beverage industry in just forty years.
With unprecedented access to the world's largest food and beverage companies,including Nestle and Danone, this is the inside story of how the bottled waterbusiness has become emblematic of an age of plenty in the West. With billions at stake, the market is fiercely fought over by the world's multinationals whopromise us health, convenience and youth. It is natural and pure and sourced atminimal cost, its real value lies in the marketing and branding.

Told by the Money Programme team, this film takes us to Hawaii, Japan, North America, France, Switzerland and Scotland to chart what lies behind the incredible success of this industry and explore what it tells us about ourselves.

2 of 3 The Age Of Plenty

This episode tells the incredible story of how business has turned grain into one of the biggest success stories of the modern food industry. With unprecedented access to the world's largest food companies, including Kelloggs, this is the inside story of how breakfast cereals have transformed the way we eat and the way we live.

This is the original processed, convenience food and it has ushered in a modern age of plenty in terms of choice and abundance. Cereals are cheap and abundant but their real value lies in the processing, advertising and marketing that goes into creating well known brands. It's a controversial business that both responds to and drives our changing relationship with food and our obsession with health.

The Money Programme team tells the story of a business that has helped shape the modern world of business and advertising we know today.

3 of 3 Pots Of Gold

This final episode tells the story of how yoghurt has been transformed from an unknown hippy food into a super food in 40 years. Along the way, yoghurt has driven a health revolution in the modern food business.

With access to the world's largest food companies, this film from the Money Programme team travels to Japan, Finland, France to explain how yoghurt's most important role has been to lead the food industry into the lucrative new market of functional food. The film explains how and why, today, all major food  companies consider themselves less as processed food companies and more as health and wellness providers.

It's a story of how our changing attitudes to food and health have both shaped and been influenced by this extraordinary industry. The story of yoghurt tracks a changing and diversifying Britain, along the way delivering consumers enormous choice, and business enormous profits.