Books, videos, and music - all free from your public library!
LoginSign Up
TELEVISION

The Food That Built America - Season 7

Series: Food That Built America
4.7
(10)
sign up
Episodes
14
Rating
TVPG
Year
2026
Language
English
Publisher
History

About

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.

Related Subjects

Episodes

1. Pizza Power Play

43m

sign up
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

43m

sign up
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

43m

sign up
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.

4. Drive-Thru Burger Revolution

43m

sign up
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

43m

sign up
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

43m

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

7. Cheesecake Chronicles

43m

sign up
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.

8. Rice to Riches

43m

sign up
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

43m

sign up
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

42m

sign up
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.

Extended Details

  • Closed CaptionsEnglish