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The Food That Built America - Season 6

Series: Food That Built America
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Episodes
10
Rating
TVPG
Year
2025
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.

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Episodes

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1. Tortilla Takeover

43m

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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.

2. Movie Theater Munchies

43m

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A struggling chocolate maker and a young theater assistant create the movie theater concession stand as we know it and launch the world's most iconic movie candies.

3. Baking Chocolate Chip History

43m

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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.

4. Empire of Convenience

43m

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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.

5. Legends of the Mall

43m

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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.

6. Coffee: A Brewed Awakening

43m

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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.

Extended Details

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Artists

Anthony Botelhoactor
Sean Irvineactor
Jason Liebigactor