The Food Detectives (known as The Food Files outside Singapore) is a Singaporean factual television series produced by ActiveTV for Mediacorp's Channel 5 and presented by Nikki Muller. The series had three seasons from 2013 to 2016 and was followed by a spin-off, The Food Detectives vs. Diabetes in 2017.
The series tackled upon myths and facts related to food. The series featured food experts who debunked several myths. The series is presented in an easy-to-understand manner. [1]
The programme was lauded by the Media Development Authority's 2014 report on improvements of the production quality of programming with PSB credentials. [2]
Recording for the second series began in 2014, with a trip to a poultry farm in Malaysia. [3] A third season was announced in late 2015; production was expected to conclude in the first quarter of 2016. [4]
British distributor TVF International picked up the rights to the show outside Singapore. In 2014, the first two seasons were sold to Nat Geo People Asia, TVBI in some Asia-Paficic territories, Metro Channel in the Philippines, Stream TV in Russia, Ukraine and CIS countries and Fokus TV in Poland. [5] In Poland, the series started airing on 2 December 2014, as Detektyw kulinarny. [6]
The series started airing in South Africa on eReality on 7 April 2018. [7]