The Food That Built America

The Food That Built America

For generations of Americans, food titans like Henry Heinz, Milton Hershey, John and Will Kellogg, C.W. Post and the McDonald brothers have literally been household names, but you don't know their stories.
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Episodes

  1. S6 E1 - Tortilla Takeover

    February 22, 2025
    43min
    TV-PG
    Bold visionaries take big risks to bring Mexican food to all Americans, by creating the best-selling condiment on the planet, two of the most famous snack chip brands of all time and innovating the iconic pairing of chips and salsa.
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  2. S6 E2 - Movie Theater Munchies

    March 1, 2025
    43min
    TV-PG
    For generations of Americans, food titans like Henry Heinz, Milton Hershey, John and Will Kellogg, C.W. Post and the McDonald brothers have literally been household names, but you don't know their stories.
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  3. S6 E3 - Baking Chocolate Chip History

    March 8, 2025
    43min
    TV-PG
    A teacher turned restaurateur invents America's most popular cookie which leads to a battle of food giants, and one of the most iconic packaged cookies in history.
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  4. S6 E4 - Empire of Convenience

    March 15, 2025
    43min
    TV-PG
    The first convenience store is born, and with new innovations like late hours, to-go coffee, and America's most beloved slushy drink, it rises into an iconic chain with more locations than any other store or restaurant in the world.
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  5. S6 E5 - Legends of the Mall

    March 22, 2025
    43min
    TV-PG
    Early American malls have no food court, until a cinnamon bun, a pretzel, and a panda all move in to create three of the world's most iconic food brands and transform the American Mall.
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  6. S6 E6 - Coffee: A Brewed Awakening

    March 29, 2025
    43min
    TV-PG
    Jim Folger discovers a new way to bring coffee to the masses. Then another famous coffee brand gets its big break at the Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville. Plus, the creation of the iconic coffee machines that help make coffee a billion-dollar industry.
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  7. S6 E7 - A Box of Chocolates

    April 12, 2025
    43min
    TV-PG
    Stephen Whitman introduces Americans to chocolate candy in a sampler box, Russell Stover builds a competing company, and both iconic brands help turn chocolate from an unknown import to a boxed American staple given as a gift of love to this day.
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  8. S6 E8 - Beer Necessities

    April 19, 2025
    43min
    TV-PG
    A German immigrant looks to revolutionize the American beer industry when he's handed a struggling brewery.
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  9. S6 E9 - Asian Food Invasion

    April 26, 2025
    43min
    TV-PG
    A down-on-his-luck Japanese businessman and a Chinese immigrant and her son change the American palette when they introduce instant noodles in a cup, Peking Duck, and the biggest Chinese restaurant chain in the nation.
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