What is in a Doner Kebab? 🥙

Jimmy Doherty asks: what exactly is in a doner kebab? After going to a kebab manufacturer and helping make a doner, Jimmy is pleasantly surprised by what constitutes a real one.

Our team of intrepid presenters (Jimmy Doherty, Kate Quilton, Matt Tebbutt, Helen Lawal, Andi Oliver, Amanda Byram and Briony May Williams) travel the world uncovering unusual, intriguing and surprising secrets behind the food we eat.

[jamescurrie]

After 10 pints it’s called pure perfection

[RajaCAthletic]

Most UK supermarkets were selling horsemeat as beef up until just a few years ago.

[joeroberts]

I always assumed it was a 50/50 dog/pigeon split lol put away hundreds

[MrBulletpoint]

Donor kebabs are relatively safe. I did biochemistry at uni. As part of a practical, we tested sausages from common supermarkets. The results were an eye opener … we detected horse meat and rabbit in what should have been 100% beef (or pork) products. This was back in 1999 before the findus horse meat scandal

[jumbo]

I hope my kebabs are up to scratch, but after 18 pints of lager I tend not to question the ingredients…!

[ozmote]

why "fortunately" no goat? that's like saying you "fortunately" didn't find any dry aged filet mignon in your ground beef 🤦

[lockdowng]

I love a doner kebab. I even eat it sober. It's bloody delicious! My issue is finding a decent chilli sauce seems to be an issue these days.

[UnCoolDad]

I don't care what it is made of - as long as all the ingredients are honestly listed so I can make an informed choice.

[stefanlundin]

Love to see them do something on fluoride in the industry

[deliormanliibram]

Originally Doner kebab made from beef . If you go Türkiye ask what is it inside . This is Turkish people and Lebanese brought this dish in Uk. But in Uk Doner kebab changes characteristics taste and texture a lot more than what should be the original Doner Kebab

[JAY]

“We put one bucket in while you’re filming.” Normally it’s ten. 😂

[ManicDF]

Weird that the council guy said it had to be Lamb only to be classed as doner, despite the definition of doner being meat cooked on a vertical rotisserie.

[edwardsmith]

Kebab shops will just buy from the cheapest supplier- so it’s likely to contain crap. Then charge the drunk £12+ now. Back in my day doner wraps used to be £5!

[EggsForDessert]

Beef, chicken and lamb. My three favourites in one dish😂

[narvul]

I thought to see a familliar format and indeed; this program is the British version a Dutch one. They did the same in Amsterdam where out of the 10 samples also only one was pure lamb and one even was pure pork. Lamb döner was ordered and all restaurants stated it was lamb.

[leedscab]

If anyone remembers Bottom with Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson there is an episode ( I think a Hammersmith riot is mentioned? Anyway they ring the local kebab house and ask if he needs any meet only to be told he’s ok for meat as his Alsatian got run over this morning.🤣

[MrLoopy]

The scientist didn’t test for human flesh 🥺

[PYcHoKiLLa]

2:33 Only use what? Why blank the audio, did they ask you to or did you find other meats?

[artgreen]

Whatever they may say about emulsification, the kebab shown as an example near the beginning looks like red processed blobs being put on the skewer. I've seen video from the East where kebabs are being built up in far more pieces with much more elaborate skill with what looks like bits of real meat. Much less processed in appearance.

[deliormanliibram]

I grew up in Turkey and worked at Kebab shops in Turkey . The best doner kebab I have tasted only in Turkey. I have visited so many countries I could not find the right doner in other countries. In Uk absolutely taste is totally different. I can’t say it’s a doner Kebab