The BEST episodes of The Food That Built America season 7
Every episode of The Food That Built America season 7, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Food That Built America season 7!
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 series 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.
#1 - Cereal Killers
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/26/2026
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.
#2 - Pizza Power Play
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/19/2026
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.
#3 - The Birth of Bubblegum
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/3/2026
A 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 mascots, comic strips, baseball cards, and novelty flavors, transforming gum into a pop culture powerhouse and reshaping the candy aisle.