Dough - Series 1: Fridges

About this episode

<p>Could fridges make way for kitchen cabinets that don't just keep food fresh but actually grow it?</p><p>Dough is a new series from BBC Radio 4 which looks at the business behind profitable, everyday products, assessing where the smart money is going now and what that could mean for all of us in the years ahead.</p><p>In this episode, the entrepreneur Sam White speaks with experts from the world of refrigeration including:</p><p>Federica Torelli – Head of Product Management with Smeg which makes fridge freezers.</p><p>Emir Lasic - Principal Analyst with the industry analysts, Omdia.</p><p>Jason Hirst - CEO and founder of EvoGro which makes plant growing cabinets.</p><p>Also joining them is the technology expert and applied futurist, Tom Cheesewright, who offers his insight and predictions on what might be coming beyond the current production pipeline.</p><p>Together, they explore fridge freezer trends and inventions chatting about their own choices for game changing, and pointless, innovations.</p><p>We hear how energy efficiency labels are not always as accurate as you might think and assess the chances of indoor incubators providing a new home for vegetables and leafy greens away from the fridge. </p><p>Produced by Viant Siddique &amp; Jon Douglas. Dough is a BBC Audio North production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.</p><p>Sliced Bread returns for a new batch of investigations in August when Greg Foot will investigate more of the latest so-called wonder products to find out whether they really are the best thing since sliced bread.</p><p>In the meantime, Dough is available in the Sliced Bread feed on BBC Sounds</p>