Food Factory
Upcoming episodes
Dec 13th
400p
Colourful Candy
Discover how sugary, shiny Mike and Ikes, crunchy yet chewy Turkish Taffy, cool and refreshing Arizona iced green tea, and rich and luscious shredded cheese get to the masses. From raw materials to finished products, FOOD FACTORY reveals the wonders of how food is really made.
Dec 13th
430p
Use Your Noodle
Discover how slurp-worthy instant noodle soup, sweet and tangy barbecue sauce, rich and fluffy marshmallow chocolate cups, and decadent peanut butter chocolate Buckeyes get to the masses. From raw materials to finished products, FOOD FACTORY reveals the wonders of how food is really made.
Dec 13th
500p
Chee Cha Sambur
Discover how a warm, soothing Indian vegetable stew, light and airy crunchy Mexican puffs, a chocolaty cheesy Russian treat, and classic sugary gumdrops get to the masses. From raw materials to finished products, FOOD FACTORY reveals the wonders of how food is really made.
Dec 13th
530p
Fancy a Sausage Roll?
Discover how irresistibly flaky sausage rolls, fluffy marshmallow Easter treats, sweet and sour lollipops, and zesty, crunchy pita puffs get to the masses. From raw materials to finished products, FOOD FACTORY reveals the wonders of how food is really made.
Dec 14th
300a
Pasta Straight Up
From raw materials to finished products, Food Factory goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are produced: Two fun-loving brothers have put an organic spin on the classic cheese twist; millions of bite-size mint chocolate patties roll off the assembly line every day; 200 litres of vodka are used every month to put the zing in a special pasta sauce; and, high-end chili powder contains seven spices from around the world.
Dec 14th
330a
Lights, Camera, Popcorn
From raw materials to finished products, Food Factory goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are produced: Tortilla chips are baked in a tunnel oven before taking a dip in a giant fryer; grandma’s kitchen flavour is baked into 200,000 bite-size coffee cakes every day; vegan mint double chocolate cookies will blow your palate and your mind; and, it takes an entire assembly line to produce the blockbuster convenience of microwaveable popcorn.
Dec 14th
400a
Fishing for Spuds
From raw materials to finished products, Food Factory goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are produced: Discover why Triple ‘C’ cheesecake is a chocolate lover’s fantasy; witness a massive menagerie of soon-to-be animal crackers stampeding through a giant tunnel oven; watch as spaghetti-like strands of dough become perfectly crispy sweet potato fries; and, combined with its 2000-year history, tofu’s bland reputation is getting an overhaul with a gourmet version that’s anything but.
Dec 14th
430a
Crepe Escape
From raw materials to finished products, Food Factory goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are produced: Up to 70 million, picture-perfect Hershey’s Kisses are produced daily; a crepini is the sweet fusion of the French crepe with the Russian blini; there’s a sisterhood behind the gummy candies that look just like rainforest frogs; and, every year, top-of-the-line vanilla extract is made by the tanker-load.
Dec 14th
500a
Green with Envy
From raw materials to finished products, Food Factory goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are produced: A sheet of molten candy is transformed by hand and machine into tutti-frutti candies; 300,000 spinach potato latkes are flash fried and frozen every day; making gluten-free shirataki noodles requires precision and a magic ingredient; and, these guilt-free crisps pack loads of pinto beans and vegetables into every cheesy bite
Dec 14th
530a
My Cup Runeth Over
From raw materials to finished products, Food Factory goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are produced: The recipe for these popular peanut butter cups hasn’t changed in nearly a century; five million roasted vegetable soufflés are baked every year; a former conductor has turned his grandma’s almond cookies into a nearly guilt-free snack; and, find out what it takes to make puttanesca pasta sauce by the barrel.