About this season
The fascinating stories of the families behind the food that built America, those who used brains, muscle, blood, sweat and tears to get to America's heart through its stomach, those who invented new technologies and helped win wars.
Episodes (10)
1. Pizza Power Play
Aired 19 April 2026 • 42 min
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
Aired 26 April 2026 • 42 min
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
Aired 3 May 2026 • 42 min
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.
4. Drive-Thru Burger Revolution
Aired 10 May 2026 • 42 min
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
Aired 17 May 2026 • 42 min
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
Aired 31 May 2026 • 43 min
7. Cheesecake Chronicles
Aired 7 June 2026
8. Rice to Riches
Aired 14 June 2026
9. Burgers, Burritos, & the Battle for Fast Food
Aired 21 June 2026
10. Icons of Ice Cream
Aired 28 June 2026