Summary
It seems like everyone’s talking about air fryers. They were recently dubbed the product that defined 2021, with sales up by 400%. But how do they fry with air?
Listener Sally in Harrogate has another question too: at a time when the cost of living is rocketing will cooking with an air fryer save her money?
And, because they use little to no oil, is cooking food in an air fryer also “healthier”?
Greg Foot investigates, speaking to a food scientist at Imperial College London and the BBC’s Good Food Magazine, to find out whether the claims being made around air fryers live up to the hype or are just marketing BS.
This series, we’re testing your suggested wonder-products. If you’ve seen an ad, trend or fad and wonder if there's any evidence to back up a claim drop us an email to sliced.bread@bbc.co.uk or you can send us a voice note to our new WhatsApp number: 07543 306807
PRESENTER: Greg Foot PRODUCER: Simon Hoban
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, podcast fan. |
| 0:03.0 | Consider this your invite to the UK's biggest podcasting party. |
| 0:06.7 | We're heading to Sheffield from the 4th to the 6th of July |
| 0:09.0 | for the BBC Sounds Fringe at the Crossed Wires Festival. |
| 0:12.8 | We'll be joined by some of the biggest names in podcasting, |
| 0:15.3 | including Sarah Cox, Charlie Hedges, Russell Kane, |
| 0:18.4 | and some bloke called Greg James doing his radio four show called Rewinder. |
| 0:23.2 | You can watch live shows of your favourite podcasts, and the best part is free. |
| 0:28.0 | To book your free tickets, go to crossedwires.org slash fringe. |
| 0:34.2 | BBC Sounds, music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:37.9 | Hello, it's Greg here, the host of sliced bread. |
| 0:40.7 | This is one of those pre-show messages to let you know that there has been an update to this episode |
| 0:44.8 | and that you will find that at the end of the podcast. |
| 0:47.7 | This investigation first went out in June 2022. |
| 0:51.3 | Since then, the popularity of air friars has continued to grow, but so too have our energy prices, |
| 0:57.5 | so much so, in fact, that the government has recently stepped in with the energy price guarantee |
| 1:01.8 | that caps the cost of electricity. In light of that, I wanted to recalculate the numbers that |
| 1:07.3 | you're going to hear in this podcast, And I also wanted to address something that we |
| 1:11.5 | didn't mention the first time around that lots of you have got in touch asking about. That is coming |
| 1:16.2 | up later though. For now, here is the original episode. Hello, I'm Greg Foote and welcome to the show that investigates your suggested wonder products. |
| 1:32.3 | Does that latest fad or trending tech really deliver on its promise to make you happier, healthier or greener? |
| 1:39.9 | Is it the best thing since sliced bread or is it marketing BS? |
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