Food Factory
Upcoming episodes
Jan 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.
Jan 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.
Jan 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
Jan 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.
Jan 15th
400a
Chocolate Under Wraps
From raw materials to finished products, Food Factory goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are produced: Visit the state-of-the-art factory that produces 1.5 billion chocolate truffles a year; meet the guilt-free muffin that’s as satisfying as it is healthy; retro Hot Tamales are still North America’s number one cinnamon flavored candy; and, layers of buttery dough and tangy cheese are the secret to light and flaky gourmet cheese crisps.
Jan 15th
430a
Cuckoo For Coconuts
From raw materials to finished products, Food Factory goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are produced: Find out how you can produce 500,000 chocolate bars a day; it takes 35,000 cashew nuts to make a single batch of the fudge-like candy called kaju katli; these crumbly melt-in-your-mouth cookies go by more names than a secret agent; and, this refreshing smoothie combines tropical flair with a host of health benefits.
Jan 15th
500a
Pigging Out
From raw materials to finished products, Food Factory goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are produced: it takes just 12 hours to make 144,000 pints of this decadent ice cream; curry lovers go nuts for this irresistible blend of coconut and green beans; these champagne and strawberry lollipops will satisfy your adult cravings and the kid in you; and, featuring chocolate, peanut butter, and raspberry jam, these pigs are hunted by the big bad wolf and humans alike.
Jan 15th
530a
Let’s Talk Tofurky
From raw materials to finished products, Food Factory goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are produced: Tofurky is a tasty meat-free alternative to Thanksgiving turkey; these nutty and nutritious snack bars are guilt-free and packed with energy; the sparkly Shirley Temple is arguably the most famous kiddie cocktail ever; and, these one-bite snacks combine generations of love with almonds, cranberries, and decadent white chocolate
Jan 16th
400a
Just the Flax
From raw materials to finished products, Food Factory goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are produced: You’ll find a delectable chunk in nearly every spoonful of red velvet cake ice cream; more than half a million pumpkin spice granola bars are pumped out daily; breakfast becomes a nutty treat with the delectable spread that blends melted chocolate with freshly ground roasted almonds; and, it takes the oil from 24,000 lemons to make 100 batches of lemon burst cookies!
Jan 16th
430a
It's a Pepper Party
From raw materials to finished products, Food Factory goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are produced: Planters cocktail peanuts are roasted in a giant oven called the ‘Big Daddy’; Betty Lou’s chocolate-covered snack bars contain freeze-dried vegetables; follow the assembly line that turns out 21 million crispy cream-cheese-filled jalapeno peppers every year; and, Old Montreal steak spice contains a secret blend of 20 herbs and spices.