The Food That Built America

  • Premiered: Aug 2019
  • Episodes: 59
  • Followers: 42
  • Running
  • History
  • Sunday at 21
  • Documentary Food History

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Season 4
4x1
Breakfast That Pops
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 19, 2023
Two heavy-hitting cereal rivals duke it out for breakfast dominance; competition heats up when an idea is stolen; the ensuing battle transforms the breakfast landscape from a labor intensive meal at the table, to a meal of convenience on the go.
4x2
Holiday Treats
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 26, 2023
The top-selling candy days of the year revolve around Easter, Valentine's Day and Halloween, and it all started with a few bold pioneers.
4x3
Flight of the Buffalo Wing
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 05, 2023
As new wing-focused restaurant chains take the recipe out of Buffalo, N.Y., restaurateurs must find a way to cleverly market the new "Buffalo wings" to turn their restaurants into national icons, and chicken wings into a global phenomenon.
4x4
Candy Revolution
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 12, 2023
A cereal executive's bold idea to finance the "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" movie will kick-off a candy revolution that produces some of the most iconic, imaginative confections in history.
4x5
Clash of the Coffee
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 19, 2023
Two icons compete for America's coffee drinkers and forever change a worldwide, multi-billion-dollar industry.
4x6
The Chicken Coup
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 26, 2023
Eventually challenging America's burger joint heavyweights, two future fast-food kingpins find themselves on a collision course in an all-out chicken sandwich war that is still raging to this day.
4x7
When Food Freezes Over
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 02, 2023
Four intrepid food entrepreneurs race to harness emerging technologies like the home freezer and microwave, to bring revolutionary frozen snack icons to a waiting world, and forever change what we eat, when we eat, and how we eat.
4x8
Thanksgiving Dinner
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 09, 2023
A look at some staples of Thanksgiving dinner that weren't around until a few brands used technological advances to reinvent turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie and more; food innovators made each part of the meal accessible.
4x9
Peanut Butter Battle
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 16, 2023
When an entrepreneur creates shelf-stable peanut butter out of his garage, it leads to the birth of an iconic sandwich; as competition heats up to be America's favorite peanut butter, three famous brands battle it out to be number one.
4x10 Midseason finale
American Spirits
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 23, 2023
Two entrepreneurs rise from the ashes of Prohibition by staking everything on two liquors - a bitter, bottom-shelf whisky, and a flavorless foreign moonshine - and go on to save an industry and create two of the most popular brands in the country.
4x11
Where There's Smoke
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 11, 2023
Lighting up the backyard grill is an American summer tradition like no other. But 100 years ago, cooking outside was not nearly as popular or accessible. Most backyard grilling .. show full overview
4x12
Thirst Quenchers
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 18, 2023
Before juice was everywhere, these innovators used brilliant ingenuity to create the most nostalgic drink products and thirst quenchers of the last century, leading the charge on a new billion dollar beverage industry.
4x13
Supermarket Sweep
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Air date
Jun 25, 2023
At the turn of the 20th century, Bernard Kroger and another upstart grocer come up with genius innovations that help invent the modern supermarket.
4x14
Bring Home the Bacon
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 09, 2023
A young upstart named Oscar® Mayer creates one of the most iconic meat brands on the planet; pioneer Jay Hormel invents a meat product sold the world over, which becomes part of a $20 billion food empire.
4x15
Dog Eat Dog
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 16, 2023
At a time when dog food is a rarity and cat food is almost nonexistent, it will take visionary innovators to invent the first dog treat, dry food, the first cat food, and many more innovations that will carve out the billion-dollar pet food industry.
4x16 Season finale
Beer Run
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Air date
Jul 23, 2023
At a time when U.S. beer is dominated by the same lager style, one Milwaukee company experiments with something new.

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