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The Food That Built America Snack Sized

The Food That Built America Snack Sized

★7.0(2)
April 18, 2021
→ June 27, 2021
23m
1 Season
14 Episodes
Documentary
IMDb

Overview

Delving even deeper into the stories behind the ruthless innovators and entrepreneurs featured in The Food that Built America, this docuseries spotlights the rest of the story you didn’t know, telling the super-charged, bite-sized history of all of the foods you love in 30 minutes or less.

Episodes

The Classic
Episode 1April 18, 2021

The Classic

18min

This is the epic story behind the most iconic soft drink in the world, and the incredible lengths its creators took to stay on top.

2
Episode 2April 18, 2021

Special Delivery

18min

Complete with drones, muscle cars, and a whole lot of dough, this is the story of the most successful pizza chain on the planet, starting with mid-Western brothers who had never made pizza before, and continuing through a series of innovations that changed restaurants, dining out, and helped introduce pizza to the nation.

3
Episode 3April 25, 2021

The Chocolate Factory

18min

How a simple dairy farm turned into one of the world's most iconic candy companies.

4
Episode 4April 25, 2021

Breaking Breakfast

18min

This is the shocking story of the most iconic cereal brand in the world, starting with an accidental discovery at a sanitarium, through a major rivalry, and countless innovations that changed breakfast forever.

5
Episode 5May 16, 2021

Making the Hut

18min

This is the story of a pizza empire that started with two brothers from Michigan who transformed pizza from a little known dish to a national franchise. From the deep dish to the stuffed crust, learn about the innovations and the nostalgic marketing that turned them into a worldwide phenomenon.

6
Episode 6May 16, 2021

Dog Eat Dog

18min

This is the story of how the hot dog went from one of America’s most feared foods, to a national sensation. From wieners to whales, find out how one ambitious man in Coney Island built a doggone empire.

7
Episode 7June 6, 2021

To the Milky Way and Beyond

18min

This is the story behind the largest candy company in the world, complete with family feuds, corporate espionage, and brilliant innovations that changed the world.

8
Episode 8June 6, 2021

Flame Broiled Battle

18min

This is the story behind the biggest burger battle of all time, and how one underdog flame-broiled its own path with one innovation after another.

9
Episode 9June 13, 2021

11 Herbs and Spices

18min

The story of how an eccentric man who sold chicken at a gas station founded the largest chicken empire in the world, and became an icon in the process.

10
Episode 10June 13, 2021

The Golden Arches

18min

The story of how a BBQ drive-in became a worldwide phenomenon, with a logo that is now more recognizable than the holy cross, and the innovations that have driven its success and changed the way the word eats.

11
Episode 11June 20, 2021

A Burger is Born

18min

This is the story of how an impatient cook created one of America's most iconic foods, leading to the invention of the first ever fast food chain.

12
Episode 12June 20, 2021

When Frito Met Lay

18min

This is the story of how two salty rivals ended up creating the biggest snack food company in the world, and how their bold innovations forever changed America's taste for chips.

13
Episode 13June 27, 2021

Kings of Pop

23min

This is the story of how a struggling cola company reinvented business practices and went head to head against its biggest rival for more than 100 years to become one of the world's leading food and beverage companies.

14
Episode 14June 27, 2021

Sticks and Cones

18min

This is the story of world-changing innovations that turned ice cream from an inconvenient delicacy to America's favorite sweet treat.

Cast

Campbell Scott

Campbell Scott

Narrator (voice)