Keuringsdienst van Waarde

The process of fattening chickens is investigated by keeping chickens themselves. Discussed are the quality of chicken meat, the poultry industry and the NEPLUVI (Dutch Poultry Processing Industry Association), the ingredients of McDonald's chicken nuggets (fried chicken meat) that are being investigated by the Consumers' Association, the difference between free-range and battery chickens, the origin of French free-range chicken meat that must come from Loué according to the label and the living conditions of broilers.

It is examined to what extent consumers' perception of the concept of fresh is in accordance with the way in which the concept is used (appropriately and inappropriately). The reporters are followed on visits to Wageningen University, various fishmongers, the editors of Van Dale's dictionaries, the office of the Consumers' Association and the production department of the Friesche Vlag dairy factory.

The contents of packaged products are examined: the reason for packaging, misleading texts on packaging, permitted deception, the Advertising Code Committee, making a lot of money with little effort, the temptation of packaging and making higher profits by designing luxury packaging. During the program, photos are taken of products to see if they match the photo on the packaging.

Discussed are the origin of meat available at the butcher's, the inspection of butcher shops by the Food Inspection Service, the value of quality marks on food products and the European subsidy for the 'Effe Checken' promotional campaign and the criticism of the campaign.

The Value Inspection Service is looking into the meaning and value of the dolphin-friendly quality mark in the tuna industry. According to the industry, the logo is a quality mark that no dolphins have been harmed while fishing for tuna. Previously, many dolphins were deliberately killed by tuna fishermen.

Report on child slavery on the cocoa plantations in Ivory Coast. It is investigated whether the claims are true about the use of child slaves imported from neighboring countries on large cocoa plantations, who are ruthlessly abused by the plantation owners. It is confirmed from various sides that this is indeed the case and slavery is confirmed by statements from escaped child slaves. Slavery is a serious crime in the Netherlands and purchasing products made from slaves is tantamount to fencing under Dutch law. By buying chocolate, says Teun van de Keuken, he is guilty of a criminal offense. For that reason, he wants to report himself to the judicial authorities in order to expose the disinterest of consumers and the cocoa industry.

It is being investigated whether products that have been prepared according to the packaging according to the traditional method differ from ordinary products. What exactly does traditional mean on the packaging of: Van Oers sandwiches with egg and bacon; Italian products from Bertolli, such as olive oil and pasta sauces. One of the reporters visits a pizza baker in Naples to verify whether the Iglo pizza really comes from a wood-fired oven, and also the Knorr factory in Italy where the Bertolli products are said to be made according to traditional methods by the old rural women from the television advertisements.

A search for good and tasty steak in the Dutch store. The following is being investigated: what good steak is and how it should be cooked; - where the steak sits on the cow; - the great importance of soothing music for the quality of beef; - the tastiest grass; - that cows are often slaughtered too early; - that the steak itself must also be old (died); - the generally poor quality of steak in the store.

The program looks for the forest where the forest fruits that are processed into products such as fruit yoghurt, forest fruit cookies, forest fruit sprinkles or drinking yoghurt come from. One of the reporters visits the manufacturers of the Zuivelhoeve and learns that 50% of the fruit jelly at the bottom of the Boer'n Yoghurt pack consists of cultivated forest fruits, from countries all over the world and not from real forests, and that this applies to all forest fruit products. natural flavors are added. A second reporter visits a fruit exporter in Serbia where frozen farmed forest fruits and forest fruit pulp are made, and the test lab of the company Buteressence BV to taste forest fruit flavors.

A number of food manufacturers are calling to ask why their snacks are considered responsible. In addition, a Liga factory, a pediatrician, a consumer sociologist and a press officer from the Nutrition Center are being sought.

A number of manufacturers of canned pet food are called with questions about the texts on their packaging about the preparation and composition of pet food and the few similarities between the ingredients according to the packaging and the actual food. Follow-up report on the use of child slaves for the chocolate industry in Africa.

Continued about animal nutrition. It discusses: - the secrecy of pet food manufacturers about the ingredients and production process; - claims by producers about the efficacy of animal feed; - tests on animals to make the composition as cheap as possible; - the small amount of meat in pet food.

Traditional consumer program with new animals, new images and an adventure by Tony Teun. Simple questions, hilarious answers, wonderful television. Reporters from the Inspection Service like to be fooled by manufacturers and retailers. But they get bizarre answers to ordinary questions. And revealingly fun. Serious TV, more fun than the best cabaret.

Traditional consumer program with new animals, new images and an adventure by Tony Teun. Simple questions, hilarious answers, wonderful television. Reporters from the Inspection Service like to be fooled by manufacturers and retailers. But they get bizarre answers to ordinary questions. And revealingly fun. Serious TV, more fun than the best cabaret.

The new animals of the Inspection Service and temptation. How does a citizen get a pig? That won't be easy, the program makers thought. You can't just buy a pig and take it with you in the backseat. But that is possible.

The Value Inspection Service keeps two pigs. The bags of food for the animals state that they contain soya. A reporter goes looking for the origin of soy, ends up in Argentina and falls over in surprise.

What is the difference between macaroni and spaghetti? Almost nothing in the Netherlands. The shape of course, but little else. The Inspection Service goes to Italy to find the real macaroni and they succeed. Our macaroni turns out not to be good macaroni and tastes like cardboard. Real macaroni also has a hole, but it certainly doesn't have to be in the shape of an elbow. Of course, spaghetti doesn't have that hole. An extremely tasty episode, with the answer to the question that has always bothered you: why does a fork have four prongs?

A butcher. shows us the pig isn't the same pig as that of a few years ago. Nowadays a pig has an extra rib and a few extra nipples. Those are needed to carry and feed more piglets. A farmer tells us pigs now have more piglets than before. At a breeding company they explain us how we got the pig so far to give birth to more piglets and we visit a sperm station, of which the seed flies around the globe.

We see an image of a very muscular bull, a powerhouse it seems. But why is the bull so muscular? The muscles exist because of a genetic mistake.

Something stands out: on goat cheese packaging we see goats with and without horns. Does a goat have horns or not? A petting zoo with horned and hornless goats makes us none the wiser.