The Food That Built America
Season 7
2026 · 14 episodes

1. Pizza Power Play
2026-04-19 · 42m
Two pizza juggernauts expand their empires as a hungry new contender turns the fight into a three-way race to become America’s biggest pizza chain.

2. Cereal Killers
2026-04-26 · 42m
Rival cereal giants race to invent the next must-have bowl, sparking a sugary arms race of mascots, crunch, candy, and the first ever chocolate cereal.

3. The Birth of Bubblegum
2026-05-03 · 42m
A struggling candy maker’s botched experiment leads to the world’s first bubble gum, its distinctive color, and a decades-long bubble gum war fueled by colorful mascots, comic strips, baseball cards, and novelty flavors — transforming gum into a pop culture.

4. Drive-Thru Burger Revolution
2026-05-10 · 42m
Three burger operators race to serve a new generation on wheels, and a primitive intercom and sliding window evolve into the drive-thru — revolutionizing fast food and kicking off an industry arms race.

5. Chocolate in a Glass
2026-05-17 · 42m
A chemist unlocks a chocolate syrup that transforms milk into a magic sensation, a scrappy soda shop owner cracks the code to bottling liquid chocolate for the masses, and a dairy innovator turns wartime surplus into instant cocoa gold.

6. Clash of the Cookie Giants
2026-05-31 · 43m
A century ago, the cookie industry didn't exist, until a wave of innovators turn it into a $15 billion powerhouse.

7. Cheesecake Chronicles
2026-06-07 · 42m
A struggling cheesemaker, a New York restauranteur, a small-time baker, and a determined mother-son duo transform a humble cheese pie into a decadent American dessert--turning cheesecake into a grocery staple and the star of a restaurant empire.

8. Rice to Riches
2026-06-14 · 42m
A keen-eyed immigrant, a candy mogul, and two pasta-making brothers reinvent rice for America’s kitchens by making it faster, easier, and impossible to resist.

9. Burgers, Burritos, & the Battle for Fast Food
2026-06-21 · 42m
An upstart chain innovates iconic menu items and fast food staples including a value menu and free refills, while fending off a new competitor to bring Mexican inspired fast food to the masses.

10. Icons of Ice Cream
2026-06-28 · 41m
From the first ice cream bar in history, to the invention of classic flavors, a century of bold innovators transforms ice cream from a rare indulgence into a $100 billion American powerhouse.

11. Spilling the Tea
2026-07-05 · 42m
A beverage giant is challenged for dominance by two upstart companies from Brooklyn to revolutionize the beverage market and transform iced tea from a regional drink to a multi-billion-dollar American staple.

12. Let's Get Crackering
2026-07-12 · 42m
As two baking powerhouses collide, scrappy upstarts and mom-and-pop players help turn crackers into a snack aisle staple.
13. Cereal Sensations
2026-07-19
Cereal pioneers battle for control of America's breakfast table.
14. Say Yes to the Dressing
2026-07-26
Richard Hellmann deli's mayonnaise launches America's condiment revolution.
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