Series

Food Detectives

★ 8.0(1)200830m2 seasons

Documentary News

Food Detectives is streaming on Discovery+ Amazon Channel in Canada. Availability checked 12 June 2026.

Where to watch Food Detectives

🇨🇦 Canada

Discovery+ Amazon ChannelStream

Good to know

Release date: 2008-07-29
Runtime: 30m
Language: English
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 24
Network: Food Network
Status: Ended

About Food Detectives

Food Detectives is a 2008 web series in the Documentary and News genres, starring Ted Allen. It spans 2 seasons and 24 episodes, and originally aired on Food Network. It holds an average rating of 8.0/10 from 1 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Food Detectives in Canada — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

Food Detectives was a food science show hosted by Ted Allen that aired in North America on Food Network. Ted Allen, backed by research conducted by Popular Science magazine, investigates food-related beliefs, such as the validity of the five-second rule or the effectiveness of ginger to relieve motion sickness. In addition to support from scientists such as molecular biologist Dr. Adam Ruben and Popular Science staff members, Allen is assisted on-screen by a group of so-called "Food Techs," often-silent assistants who are the participants in simple experiments exploring food-related myths, beliefs, practices, and folkways.