Food Factory
Upcoming episodes
Dec 27th
1200p
Smell The Coffee
From raw materials to finished products, FOOD FACTORY goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are made: The tumbling room of a jawbreaker factory sounds like a jet engine; at Tim Hortons’ mammoth roasting facility, super-sized grinders tackle thousands of pounds of beans every hour; 30,000 savory empanadas are made from a single batch; and, the history of cocktail sauce is as zesty as its flavour.
Dec 27th
1230p
From Candy To A Baby
FOOD FACTORY goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are made: Learn the age-old technique that packs the pistachio punch into every bite of baklava; watch as high-tech machines create 150 pounds of candy buttons per hour; a single batch of organic baby food fills 28,000 gourmet pouches; and, while feta cheese starts with a truckload of fresh sheep’s milk, its origins date back to ancient Greece.
Dec 27th
100p
Ice Cup Of Tea
From raw materials to finished products, FOOD FACTORY goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are made: A special machine was developed to put the chunks in Cherry Garcia ice cream; a computer-controlled recipe ensures the perfect blend of Earl Grey tea; a single batch of tapenade fills 15,000 jars; and, a fast-paced machine churns out 500 tutti-frutti lollipops every minute.
Dec 27th
130p
Get Fruity
From raw materials to finished products, FOOD FACTORY goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are made: 200 million pieces of Nitwitz candy are produced every year; so many popchips are made every year that they could circle the earth three times; nearly five million chocolaty Mighty Malts roll off the assembly line every day; and, chicken soup is cooked right in the can.
Dec 27th
200p
Halloween Special 1
Two frighteningly delicious special episodes of FOOD FACTORY reveal the story behind some of our all-time favourite Halloween treats: ten million Molasses Kisses roll off the assembly line every year; it takes five days to make the ghoulish gumballs that look just like human eyeballs; green Zombie Bar chocolates feature a creepy crunch and blood red message; and, every Halloween, 20,000 Granny Smith apples become sinfully scary colossal candy apples.
Dec 27th
230p
Halloween Special 2
Two frighteningly delicious special episodes of FOOD FACTORY reveal the story behind some of our all-time favourite Halloween treats: Every Bloody Skulls candy starts life in powdered form; like magic, cacao beans are transformed into milk chocolate Witch bars; bat cookies are a buttery blood-thirsty treat; and, spooky marshmallow lollipops are hand-decorated to give each one its own personality.
Dec 27th
300p
Nuts About Brittle
FOOD FACTORY goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are made: Wafer-thin peanut brittle is first cooked in a ‘savage fire mixer’; 100,000 pigs-in-a-blanket roll off the assembly line every day; in a small shop open 24/7, 12,000 Montreal-style bagels are hand-crafted daily; and, it takes 48 hours to produce every hand-made piece of Indian jalebi.
Dec 27th
330p
Snow and Ice
From raw materials to finished products, FOOD FACTORY goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are made: A machine called the ‘chunker’ helps put the magic in every pint of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream; a specially designed spinning nozzle puts the twist in every chocolate mint stick; 250 bushels of Extreme Beans are sweetly spiced and pickled every day; and, every batch of snowball cookies contains a bucketful of secret crumble.
Dec 27th
400p
A Chocolate Orange
From raw materials to finished products, FOOD FACTORY goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are made: A classic Canadian candy, 700 million Chicken Bones have been produced since 1885; a single batch of Pastel de Nata yields nearly 4,000 tantalizing tarts; only the largest garlic cloves are coated with olive oil and roasted to perfection; and, it takes ingenuity and a major assembly line to create break-apart chocolate oranges.
Dec 27th
430p
Sweet and Savoury
From raw materials to finished products, FOOD FACTORY goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are made: Mini Clark Bars are showered by a waterfall of chocolate; 11,000 kilograms of spuds are cooked every hour to make deviled egg potato salad; the dough for puff pastry cheese bites is punctured to prevent them from exploding in your oven; and, potato chip chocolate bars combine two surprising snacks in one delicious treat.