Inside the Factory

Inside the Factory - Season 5 Episode 3 Croissants

2026-02-03 55 minutes.
7.90 15 votes

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8 Season 8 Dec 26, 2023
7 Season 7 Dec 22, 2021
6 Season 6 Dec 27, 2020
5 Season 5 Jul 30, 2019
4 Season 4 Jul 17, 2018
3 Season 3 Jul 18, 2017
2 Season 2 Jul 26, 2016
1 Season 1 May 05, 2015
0 Season 0 Dec 20, 2016

Overview

How a factory in France produces 336,000 croissants every day - from the 21 tonnes of butter, to the 83-year-old strain of yeast that packs a flavourful punch, to the layering of very thin slices of butter between sheets of dough to create the famously flaky texture. How croissants are best served - and eaten. How 'concentrated' butter produced in north Wales enhances the shelf life of croissants. The history of the croissant, thought to originate from 17th-century Austria, and emerging in its modern French form as late as 1906. How bread played a vital role in the French Revolution.

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