Inside Britain’s Really Disgusting Foods

Britain doesn’t enjoy the finest reputation in culinary circles, and the television show Really Disgusting Foods likely isn’t helping. But that doesn’t mean you should avoid the cross between Crank Yankers, Unwrapped and Insomniac with Dave Atell.

The host, Alex Riley, is a skinnier Michael Moore with a keen wit that he has decided to turn on industrialized food production. In weekly installments he’s taking on the practice of food labeling, using his incredulity to suggest to companies that manufacture processed foods that what they’re selling is more processed than food: 

“It’s also a way of approaching companies that they’re not used to,” he says. “If you’re coming to them with a Paxman style they’re quite

well versed in dealing with that, but when you’re coming at them in a

disingenuous approach and say: ‘Well done for getting 47 per cent beef

into a beef burger’ they’re not quite sure how to take it.”