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. Before they were brand names, they were brilliant, sometimes ruthless, visionaries who revolutionized food and changed the landscape of America forever. This miniseries event will tell the fascinating stories of the people behind the food that built America – those who used brains, muscle, blood, sweat and tears to get to America's heart through its stomach, and along the way built cities, invented new technologies and helped win wars.
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.
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s07e02Cereal Killers2026-04-2702:03⌄
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Cereal Killers
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2026-04-27 ·
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Rival cereal giants race to invent the next must-have bowl, sparking a sugary arms race.
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s07e03The Birth of Bubblegum2026-05-0402:03⌄
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The Birth of Bubblegum
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2026-05-04 ·
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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.
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.
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s07e05Chocolate in a Glass2026-05-1802:03⌄
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Chocolate in a Glass
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2026-05-18 ·
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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.
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s07e06Clash of the Cookie Giants2026-06-0102:03⌄
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Clash of the Cookie Giants
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2026-06-01 ·
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A century ago, the cookie industry didn't exist, until a wave of innovators turn it into a $15 billion powerhouse.
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s07e07Cheesecake Chronicles2026-06-0802:03⌄
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Cheesecake Chronicles
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2026-06-08 ·
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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.
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s07e08Rice to Riches2026-06-1502:03⌄
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Rice to Riches
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2026-06-15 ·
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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.
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s07e09Burgers, Burritos, & the Battle for Fast Food2026-06-2202:03⌄
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Burgers, Burritos, & the Battle for Fast Food
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2026-06-22 ·
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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.
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s07e10Icons of Ice Cream2026-06-2902:03⌄
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Icons of Ice Cream
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2026-06-29 ·
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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.
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s07e11Spilling the Tea2026-07-0602:03⌄
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Spilling the Tea
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2026-07-06 ·
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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.
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s07e12Let's Get Cracker-ing2026-07-1302:03⌄
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Let's Get Cracker-ing
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2026-07-13 ·
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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.
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s07e13Cereal Sensations2026-07-2002:03⌄
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Cereal Sensations
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2026-07-20 ·
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Through happy accidents and breakthrough flavor innovations, cereal pioneers battle for control of America's breakfast table-using iconic mascots, unforgettable commercials, and bold new ideas to build a billion-dollar industry.
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s07e14Say Yes to the Dressing2026-07-2702:03⌄
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Say Yes to the Dressing
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2026-07-27 ·
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When German immigrant Richard Hellmann bottles his deli's mayonnaise, he launches America's condiment revolution. But the real battle begins when a struggling restaurateur invents Italian dressing to save his Kansas City eatery, going head-to-head with an industry giant—just as an Alaskan camp cook creates a humble buttermilk sauce destined to take the crown: ranch.
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