The Food That Built America - Season 7

The Food That Built America - Season 7

Season 7

This season, we explore the following food innovations: pizza (Little Caesars, Pizza Hut, Domino's, Papa Johns), crackers (Triscuit, Ritz, Cheez-It, Wheat Thins, Goldfish), bubblegum (Fleer, Life Savers, Wrigley's), rice (Uncle Ben's, Minute Rice, Rice-A-Roni), iced-tea (Snapple, Arizona, Lipton), the drive-thru (In-N-Out, Jack in the Box, McDonald's), and more.

Network
DatesApr 19, 2026 - Jul 12, 2026
Previous Season

Episodes

Pizza Power Play
Season 7Episode 162 min

Pizza Power Play

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.

Apr 19, 2026
Cereal Killers
Season 7Episode 262 min

Cereal Killers

Rival cereal giants race to invent the next must-have bowl, sparking a sugary arms race.

Apr 26, 2026
The Birth of Bubblegum
Season 7Episode 362 min

The Birth of Bubblegum

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 powerhouse and reshaping the candy aisle.

May 3, 2026
Drive-Thru Burger Revolution
Season 7Episode 462 min

Drive-Thru Burger Revolution

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.

May 10, 2026
Chocolate in a Glass
Season 7Episode 562 min

Chocolate in a Glass

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.

May 17, 2026
Clash of the Cookie Giants
Season 7Episode 662 min

Clash of the Cookie Giants

A century ago, the cookie industry didn't exist, until a wave of innovators turn it into a $15 billion powerhouse.

May 31, 2026
Cheesecake Chronicles
Season 7Episode 762 min

Cheesecake Chronicles

Through a series of accidents and unexpected innovations, a struggling cheesemaker, a New York restaurateur, 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.

Jun 7, 2026
Rice to Riches
Season 7Episode 862 min

Rice to Riches

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. But it'll take a massive global conflict, and a battle of innovations, to turn rice into riches.

Jun 14, 2026
Burgers, Burritos, & the Battle for Fast Food
Season 7Episode 962 min

Burgers, Burritos, & the Battle for Fast Food

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. Until the world's top burger chain enters the fray and turns fast food on its head.

Jun 21, 2026
Icons of Ice Cream
Season 7Episode 1062 min

Icons of Ice Cream

From the first ice cream bar in history to the creation of soft serve and the iconic ice cream cake, to the invention of classic flavors like cookie dough, a century of bold innovators transforms ice cream from a rare indulgence into a $100 billion American industry.

Jun 28, 2026
Spilling the Tea
Season 7Episode 1162 min

Spilling the Tea

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.

Jul 5, 2026
Let's Get Cracker-ing
Season 7Episode 1262 min

Let's Get Cracker-ing

As two baking powerhouses collide, scrappy upstarts and mom-and-pop players help turn crackers into a snack aisle staple. From innovations like shredded wheat, to the first mass-produced flavored cracker, these grocery store icons transform crackers into a global, multi-billion-dollar category.

Jul 12, 2026

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