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The Food That Built America

Season 7

2026 · 14 episodes

  1. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 13. Cereal Sensations

    2026-07-19

    Cereal pioneers battle for control of America's breakfast table.

  14. 14. Say Yes to the Dressing

    2026-07-26

    Richard Hellmann deli's mayonnaise launches America's condiment revolution.

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