Food Factory
Upcoming episodes
Mar 7th
400a
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.
Mar 7th
430a
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.
Mar 7th
500a
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.
Mar 7th
530a
Hill of Beans
Discover how tantalizing candied pretzels, finger-licking Cornish pasties, luscious Korean dumplings, and mouthwatering jellybeans get to the masses. From raw materials to finished products, Food Factory reveals the wonders of how food is really made.
Mar 7th
1200p
Brine Time
From raw materials to finished products, Food Factory goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are produced: Discover the magic ingredient that keeps chocolate chips from melting away when baked; 1,000 kilograms of nuts are roasted every hour to keep up with the demand for this gourmet snack mix; these pickle slices are called bread and butter chips even though they contain neither; and, a trip to South America was the inspiration for this creamy mushroom soup.
Mar 7th
1230p
Pipe Dreams
From raw materials to finished products, Food Factory goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are produced: More than half a million squeezable yogurt tubes are produced every day; an Italian grandma ensures every batch of old-school tomato sauce is made with love; a mind-blowing 1,400 fruity chews are cut and wrapped per minute; and, these two entrepreneurs are betting that tofu’s protein-packed cousin tempeh will become number one.
Mar 7th
100p
Easy as Pie
From raw materials to finished products, Food Factory goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are produced: Rice-A-Roni’s massive assembly line produces six million boxes per week; this speedy Caesar salad kit takes just 30 seconds to prepare; it takes 100,000 Granny Smith apples to make a year’s worth of delectable Whole Foods apple pies; and, nearly 40 million of Glutino’s gluten-free multi-grain English muffins are baked every year.
Mar 7th
130p
Red Hot Delight
From raw materials to finished products, Food Factory goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are produced: After a century, Frank’s RedHot Original Cayenne Pepper Sauce still turns up the heat; seven million boxes of Shredded Wheat are produced every year; it takes art, culture, and science to create these coffee-chocolate bars with barista flair; and, from an obligatory nap to a robotic assembly line, this family-operated farm has perfected the art of hard-boiling eggs.
Mar 7th
200p
Red Red Vine
Food Factory has the scoop on red licorice candy, spicy Sriracha mayonnaise, flaky Turkish bourekas, and an irresistible cookie that combines dark chocolate with two wafer-thin cookies.
Mar 7th
230p
Elbow Grease
Food Factory cooks up millions of cherry chews, silos of ‘elbow’ macaroni, an all-season cranberry Christmas cheesecake, and a crispy exotic snack called chakri.