Food Factory
Upcoming episodes
Jan 11th
300a
A Taste Of Japan
From raw materials to finished products, FOOD FACTORY goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are made: Every 4,000-litre batch of micro-brewed root beer contains shovelfuls of spices and birch bark; sinfully delicious mini chocolate cakes, Lil’ Devils are hand-dipped in dark chocolate; it takes up to six months to make tamari soy sauce; and, kosher matzo bread must be completed in 18 minutes or the entire batch is scrapped
Jan 11th
330a
What A Hunk
From raw materials to finished products, FOOD FACTORY goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are made: 50 million Big Hunks of peanutty nougat are produced every year; potato pellets become Smart Fries in just two minutes flat; one million gummy bears are produced every hour; and, apple chips feature one single ingredient and deliver the crispy satisfaction of potato chips without all the calories.
Jan 11th
400a
Rock Around The Choc
From raw materials to finished products, FOOD FACTORY goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are made: One million kilograms of ChocoRocks are produced every year; pretzel nuggets get their crunch in a 15-metre oven; the secret to perfect French fried onions is a multi-step battering process; and, Italian Brio soda gets its signature zing from a citrus fruit called chinotto.
Jan 11th
430a
Pot Stuff
From raw materials to finished products, FOOD FACTORY goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are made: Tabasco sauce is fermented in oak barrels for up to three years; uncover the secret to making irresistible Italian lemon ice; tumble dried for hours, nearly a million kilograms of peanuts hit the major leagues every year; and, double-chocolate mousse starts with two kinds of chocolate and lots of whipped cream.
Jan 11th
500a
A Trip To Dijon
From raw materials to finished products, FOOD FACTORY goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are made: The secret to delicious Dijon mustard is a whole lot of Chardonnay; a single batch of rabbi-approved coconut macaroons weighs in at 15,000 kg; eight million bottles of kosher certified teriyaki sauce are blended every year; and, hazelnut cream-filled wafers are toasted for just 40 seconds.
Jan 11th
530a
Thirst Quencher
From raw materials to finished products, FOOD FACTORY goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are made: 1,300 cans of cola are produced every minute; it takes two strains of bacteria and a modern centrifuge to produce fat-free Greek yogurt by the gallon; more than 700,000 kg of butter cream is used every year to make mountains of Swiss roll cakes; and, 30,000 jars of pickled sliced beets roll off the assembly line every day.
Jan 11th
600a
From Argentina With Love
From raw materials to finished products, Food Factory goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are produced: Discover the chicken pad Thai kits guaranteed to improve your kitchen cred; visit the Florida candy factory that’s turning out heavenly melt-in-your-mouth mints; the search for the ultimate chimichurri recipe reveals a spicy love story and tons of herbs and garlic; and, every year, half a million lucky bananas are lovingly transformed into chocolate-covered frozen treats.
Jan 11th
630a
Juiced Up
From raw materials to finished products, Food Factory goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are produced: The stats on this mammoth Florida orange juice factory will blow your mind; tour the family-run business that produces 2.5 million balls of pizza dough every day; Fruiti Farts candies feature a rainbow of flavours and a personality that’s all their own; and, over a million bite-size cream puffs roll off this California assembly line every day.
Jan 11th
700a
Working for Peanuts
From raw materials to finished products, Food Factory goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are produced: Skippy has been perfecting its iconic peanut butter recipe since 1933; eggplant Parmesan is made by the truckload in this California facility; a staggering three million bags of shelled pistachios roll off this assembly line every day; and meet the perfect movie-night chocolate bar that’s packed with crunchy tortilla chips and pop-in-your mouth candy.
Jan 11th
730a
Miso Hungry
From raw materials to finished products, Food Factory goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are produced: Making candy-covered almonds is a painstaking 10-hour process; the hole-free Bagelwich is boiled and baked at a rate of 15,000 buns per hour; half a million pounds of S’mores snack mix roll off a California assembly line every year; and, enough miso soup concentrate is produced annually to make over six billion cups of soup.