8.0/1029 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.
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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.
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8.1/1026 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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8.4/1018 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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Genre:Documentary
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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"All American Marinara" is the best rated episode of "The Food That Built America" season 5. It scored 8/10 based on 29 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/25/2024. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Ice Cream Revolution".