The Food That Built America Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
Episode 1 - All American MarinaraImagine a world where marinara sauce isn't part of the American palate. That was true nearly sixty years ago, when food conglomerate Campbell’s kickstarts what will become an Italian American food revolution, launching SpaghettiOs and then Prego and along the way, transforming everything from home cooking to casual dining.
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Episode 2 - Ice Cream RevolutionA cab driver turned ice cream entrepreneur comes up with the idea to mix name brand candy into high quality ice cream to create new novel flavors. After opening an ice cream shop to share his mix-in creations, his concept skyrockets when two lifelong friends catapult the trend, introducing their imaginative ice cream flavors pre-mixed into pints available at grocery stores nationwide. The mix-in phenomenon quickly spreads, reaching major fast-food chains around the globe.
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Episode 3 - Soda Rising: Birth of PopIn the late 1800s, two pharmacists 1500 miles apart race to create healthy, non-alcoholic beverage options, kickstarting the entire soda industry with their breakout hits: Hires Root Beer and Dr. Pepper.
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Episode 4 - Sunshine in a GlassA scientist and businessman team up to develop a Vitamin C rich war ration for the troops fighting in World War 2, which unexpectedly leads to the development of a frozen concentrated orange juice that tastes great and allows for the widespread distribution of OJ for the first time in history. Soon after, a fruit salesman develops a process of flash pasteurizing fresh orange juice that turns the fledgling industry on its head. The two companies will go on to battle it out for the domination of American breakfast tables.
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Episode 5 - Let Them Bake CakeDuring the mid-20th century, two unlikely characters find themselves in competition to simplify the lives of homemakers across the country by creating a tasty but easy boxed cake-mix. America's sweetheart and the original foodie go head-to-head to make baking easy.
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Episode 6 - Penny Candy CrazeIn the early 1900s, an underestimated confectioner creates the first wrapped penny candy--the Tootsie Roll. Meanwhile, an unemployed salesman transforms medicinal hard candy into a fruit flavored, multipack designed purely for fun with Tropical Charms. The two go on to kickstart an entire industry of nationally branded candies and transform the lollipop into a global icon.
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Episode 7 - Champions of BreakfastWill Kellogg is on top of the cereal industry after beating out post, but now, the king of cereal has met his match with a young flour mill executive. A decades long war for dominance ensues as Kellogg's and General Mills battle it out with new innovative cereals, resulting in the creation of the number one cereal in the country.
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Episode 8 - Planet MarsAfter being kicked out of the family business by his father, Forrest Mars scratches and claws his way back to create a multi-sector global empire, Mars Inc. Today that empire is worth over $47 billion dollars and a family dynasty that is the 3rd wealthiest in America worth nearly $100 billion.
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