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The Best Episodes of The Food That Built America Season 5

Every episode of The Food That Built America Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Food That Built America Season 5!

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...
Genre:Documentary
Network:History

Season 5 Ratings Summary

"All American Marinara" is the best rated episode of "The Food That Built America" season 5. It scored 8.1/10 based on 31 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/25/2024. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Ice Cream Revolution".

  • All American Marinara
    8.1/1031 votes

    #1 - All American Marinara

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 2/25/2024

    Imagine a world where marinara sauce isn't part of the American palate. That was true nearly sixty years ago, when food conglomerate Campbells kickstarts what will become an Italian American food staple.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ice Cream Revolution
    8.3/1027 votes

    #2 - Ice Cream Revolution

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 3/3/2024

    A 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Soda Rising: Birth of Pop
    8.1/1027 votes

    #3 - Soda Rising: Birth of Pop

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 3/10/2024

    In 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sunshine in a Glass
    8.4/1025 votes

    #4 - Sunshine in a Glass

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 3/17/2024

    A 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 domination.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Let Them Bake Cake
    8.0/1025 votes

    #5 - Let Them Bake Cake

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 3/24/2024

    During 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Penny Candy Craze
    8.1/1022 votes

    #6 - Penny Candy Craze

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 3/31/2024

    In 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Champions of Breakfast
    8.5/1025 votes

    #7 - Champions of Breakfast

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 4/14/2024

    Will 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Planet Mars
    8.1/1022 votes

    #8 - Planet Mars

    Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 4/21/2024

    After 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 third wealthiest in America, worth nearly $100 billion.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Lunchbox Legends
    8.4/1020 votes

    #9 - Lunchbox Legends

    Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 7/7/2024

    Lunchtime is one of the most enjoyable meals of every kid's day, but before the 1960s it was just another meal; then, three very different food visionaries take matters into their own hands.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Colonel
    8.1/1018 votes

    #10 - The Colonel

    Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 7/14/2024

    Kentucky gas station owner, Harland Sanders, develops a new method for making fried chicken, drawing customers from far and wide.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Citrus Soda Stars
    7.8/1018 votes

    #11 - Citrus Soda Stars

    Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 7/21/2024

    A small-time St. Louis soda maker, Charles Leiper Grigg, takes on Coke and Pepsi by introducing a clear, lemon-lime soda he calls 7-Up. At the same time, two brothers in Tennessee, Ali and Barney Hartman, have their own, called Mountain Dew.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Burger Empire: The Ray Kroc Story
    8.1/1017 votes

    #12 - Burger Empire: The Ray Kroc Story

    Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 7/28/2024

    In the 1950s, middle-aged salesman Ray Kroc is drowning in debt when he's inspired by a roadside burger stand he wants to spread nationwide, McDonald's; he creates the modern model of franchising and ignites a fast-food gold rush.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A