The Food That Built America - Season 7

1. Pizza Power Play

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.

2. Cereal Killers

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.

3. The Birth of Bubblegum

Aired: 5/3/2026

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: 5/10/2026

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: 5/17/2026

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: 5/31/2026

7. Cheesecake Chronicles

Aired: 6/7/2026

8. Rice to Riches

Aired: 6/14/2026

9. Burgers, Burritos, & the Battle for Fast Food

Aired: 6/21/2026

10. Icons of Ice Cream

Aired: 6/28/2026