Why is Eucalyptus in So Many Different Things? | Food Unwrapped

Kate Quilton is confused how eucalyptus as an ingredient is present in both cleaning products AND food. Something has to be going on with this mysterious ingredient.

Food Unwrapped Series 6

FOOD UNWRAPPED explores how our food is really made and the industry secrets behind our favourite produce. Reporters Matt Tebbutt, Jimmy Doherty and Kate Quilton travel the globe to discover just how the food we love is mass-produced. The series contacts supermarkets and manufacturers with simple questions about the food we buy, then visits the factories to investigate! Taking the cameras behind the doors of factories worldwide, the inquisitive food lovers meet food technicians, scientists, factory owners, growers, and producers in order to reveal weird and wonderful facts we never knew about our food.

[jenni]

Lemons... I'm so confused that I can eat it and also clean with it

[hebe-]

Koalas spend a whopping 3 hours a day eating, you say? Koala's and I have something in common.

[elliotmaynes]

Thanks for saying kms while in Australia instead of miles

[akaelalias]

That's not a koala, that's a bloody drop bear!! She's lucky she got out alive!

[kingjames]

how is it confusing that you can eat something you can clean with?

you can clean things with vinegar... and citrus oil... and salt... and baking soda... and yucca... and prolly a bunch of other things.

[It-s-me-P]

3:53 if you listen carefully, you can hear the koala getting harvested and chopped to pieces

[Bearded-Foodie]

Goes to tidbinbilla, thinks it’s in the middle of 😳

[dougaltolan]

No! Be careful, that's not a koala, that's a drop bear!

[littlebluedolphin]

Eucalyptus is NOT ADDED to honey!!! Eucalyptus honey is made by bees which forage mostly on the nectar of eucalyptus flowers, producing a varietal honey that can be classified as eucalyptus honey! Australia has different varieties of eucalyptus honey, including Blue Gum, Red Gum, Bush Mallee, Jarrah etc.

[jakethesnake]

Michelle Vernon must had rode to work with her window down. What a great hairdo!!! LOL

[blackrockbrewing]

What! I never knew! And OMG, those Koala are sooo cute:)

[cassieoz]

It's NOT a koala BEAR! It's not a BEAR

[GhostGuitarPlayer]

im going to eucalyptus land, australia
me: oh boy, shes never been to brazil LOL

[Phoenixvalkyrie]

What species of eucalyptus was shown in the beginning???

[impsail]

Dude a totally didn't know you could put it in food. I knew it was toxic so I got confused when I saw it was an ingredient in my cough drops.

[wagwanbennydj]

3:52 surely that extracts the oil while shredding it up? Should you hand pick the leaf ? Surely

[lessanderfer]

"I am confused by the fact that I could EAT IT, but I can also use it for cleaning", so we forgot about; water, alcohol, lemon based cleansers, orange based cleansers...

[suepoch]

TFS another nugget of knowledge!!! I use all kinds of essential oils! 👍👍👍👍👍✌️❤️🇺🇸

[elliotmaynes]

Daily thing for us Aussies to see these teddy bears

[joynalmiah]

I might have missed it, but why do they add it?