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Food Factory USA

Season 2 2015

  • 2015-05-24T01:30:00Z on Food Network
  • 25m
  • 8h 40m (26 episodes)
  • Canada
  • English
  • Documentary
Behind each bag of chips, can of beer, candy bar, or loaf of bread, lies a mega-industrial production line that brings each product to the masses. Introducing Food Factory, a mesmerizing peek behind the scenes of the weird and wonderful processes that produce everyone’s favorite foods. From raw materials to finished products, Food Factory reveals in awe-inspiring detail how mass-produced favorites are really made. Put on a hardhat and get ready to meet the food!

26 episodes

Season Premiere

2015-05-24T01:30:00Z

2x01 Bread for Success

Season Premiere

2x01 Bread for Success

  • 2015-05-24T01:30:00Z20m

To keep up with global demand for the iconic Egg McMuffin, this mammoth California facility bakes half a million English muffins every day. At this seaside family farm in Washington State, four-year-old beach oysters are shucked in three seconds flat. As America's top-selling kosher wine, it's up to a no-nonsense rabbi to make sure every drop of Manischewitz makes the grade.

2015-05-24T01:30:00Z

2x02 A Golden State of Affairs

2x02 A Golden State of Affairs

  • 2015-05-24T01:30:00Z20m

What started as a one-man operation has grown into a massive hot-sauce empire that now sells more than 40 million bottles of spicy Sriracha every year. This ancient fruit was popular with Egyptian pharaohs, and today every 16-ounce bottle of California-grown POM Wonderful contains the juice of four `Wonderful' pomegranates. A traditional Mexican treat you can eat on the go, these spicy pork tamales are hand-wrapped in cornhusks before being steamed and x-rayed.

2015-05-31T01:30:00Z

2x03 Zest for Life

2x03 Zest for Life

  • 2015-05-31T01:30:00Z20m

Making astronaut food is serious business at this massive Oregon facility where it takes 18 hours to transform savory beef stew into a freeze-dried meal that's perfect for outer space. Nearly 200 million squeaky clean California lemons are washed, waxed, sized, and sorted at this Sunkist plant every year. It's worth the drive to Texas just to get your hands on this decadent pecan pie, and if the bakery is closed once you get there, the vending machine outside is open 24/7.

2015-05-31T01:30:00Z

2x04 No Snout About It

2x04 No Snout About It

  • 2015-05-31T01:30:00Z20m

Deep in Texas cowboy country, pork bellies are brined, tumbled, smoked, and sliced to produce perfectly delectable kitchen-ready bacon. In the middle of a California desert, water from an underground river is one of the secret ingredients to a bacon-flavored soda that's popular with a legendary kilt-wearing pro wrestler. What began as a Texas turkey farm is now home to an innovative family business where salty crispy bacon bits are smothered in rich creamy chocolate.

2015-06-07T01:30:00Z

2x05 Here's the Scoop

2x05 Here's the Scoop

  • 2015-06-07T01:30:00Z20m

Among the army of dedicated workers behind every custom serving of Cold Stone ice cream, it's the senior taste-master who's got the best job of all. There's an all-American rags-to-riches story behind these delectable buttery cookies that were born in France but later perfected by five brothers from Vietnam. Watch out for airborne fish when you order up home-style crab cakes at this Seattle's Pike Place market where fishmongers are famous for literally throwing seafood around the shop.

2015-06-07T01:30:00Z

2x06 Texas State of Mind

2x06 Texas State of Mind

  • 2015-06-07T01:30:00Z20m

This episode heads to Texas to explore some of the Lone Star State's favorite foods. Every delectable Smokehouse Brisket sandwich from Arby's can be traced back to this massive Texas operation where 150,000 pounds of raw brisket are lovingly hand-rubbed and smoked daily. Combining layers of crunchy candy and a whole lot of peanut butter, it's no wonder why chicken-free Chick-O-Sticks have attracted a major cult following. Every two-ounce shot of Hangover Joe's Git'R'Done Energy Drink delivers a Texas-size wallop along with some comic inspiration.

2015-06-14T01:30:00Z

2x07 Resolve Your Beef

2x07 Resolve Your Beef

  • 2015-06-14T01:30:00Z20m

Producing more than half a billion beef patties every year, it takes mountains of meat and this massive Ohio facility to keep up with the demand for White Castle's iconic square sliders. If you've got a hankering for juicy hand-picked mandarin oranges, head to this California facility where an awesome high-tech machine processes 1.7 million pieces of fruit every hour. At this California bakery, 750,000 heart-shaped crackers are showered with love and sesame seeds every day.

2015-06-21T01:30:00Z

2x08 A Head of the Game

2x08 A Head of the Game

  • 2015-06-21T01:30:00Z20m

First invented as a breath mint in 1927 and known worldwide for its iconic dispenser, a single batch of PEZ candy produces nearly half a million fruity-flavored tablets. First created in the 1950's, you get a whole lot of cheez-y goodness when you combine two crispy mini-waffles with this top-secret bright orange filling. Inspired by an Italian family recipe and overseen by Mamma herself, there's plenty of `amore' in every bite of Michael Angelo's chicken Parmesan.

2015-06-26T01:30:00Z

2x09 Midnight Buns

2x09 Midnight Buns

  • 2015-06-26T01:30:00Z20m

Reportedly invented by the Girl Scouts nearly a century ago, these sweet S'mores are lovingly made in Pennsylvania and give you all that campfire goodness without ever having to rough it. Always fresh and never frozen, Five Guys sesame-studded burger buns are baked fresh in Washington, D.C. every night and shipped to restaurants across the country. It takes more than 600,000 pounds of corn every week to keep up with the demand for popcorners--the chip-shaped popcorn that's become a popular snack in the sky.

2015-07-03T01:30:00Z

2x10 Jack & Coke

2x10 Jack & Coke

  • 2015-07-03T01:30:00Z20m

Woody and bunghole are technical terms at Jack Daniels' Tennessee headquarters where its world-famous whiskey is lovingly brewed using fire, fresh spring water, and 150 years of expertise. Help celebrate Coca-Cola's iconic contour bottle's 100th birthday at the massive Georgia facility where its special formula remains one of the best-kept secrets in the world. Wahlburgers takes pride in its red-hot Hollywood connection and their six-inch all-beef all-American wieners.

2015-07-10T01:30:00Z

2x11 Almost New England

2x11 Almost New England

  • 2015-07-10T01:30:00Z20m

First founded in 1950, visit the massive roasting facility that allows Dunkin Donuts to serve 30 cups of coffee per second for a grand total of 1.8 billion cups every year. A hearty soup that's steeped in history, New England clam chowder starts at sea where fresh surf clams are harvested by the shipload. First invented in 1920 and proudly produced in Boston, the iconic multi-colored Slap Stix lollipop features creamy caramel swirled with banana-flavored nougat.

2015-07-17T01:30:00Z

2x12 Thank You Baby

2x12 Thank You Baby

  • 2015-07-17T01:30:00Z20m

An authentic French brand steeped in history, visit Babybel's South Dakota headquarters where 600,000 pounds of milk are transformed into one million bite-size cheeses every day. Famous for his soup-slinging antics on the sitcom Seinfeld, meet the official face of Soupman and find out how the company cooks its hearty lentil soup right in the box. Part slaw and part salsa, Slawsa combines super-food cabbage with a tangy kick, and just a single batch makes enough to fill nearly 5,000 jars.

2015-07-24T01:30:00Z

2x13 More Deliciouser

2x13 More Deliciouser

  • 2015-07-24T01:30:00Z20m

It takes three truckloads per day and a million pounds of flour every week to keep up with the demand for Quiznos toasted subs. At this Florida farm, up to four million pounds of green tomatoes are harvested daily and then placed in a special vault where they ripen twice as fast. In a single day, this Georgia factory secretly transforms 100,000 pounds of cheese into perfectly crispy mozzarella sticks.

2015-08-11T01:30:00Z

2x14 Cheesiest Episode Ever

2x14 Cheesiest Episode Ever

  • 2015-08-11T01:30:00Z20m

Featuring a massive milking operation and a centuries-old recipe, these hardworking goats help produce 300 wheels of decadent triple-cream goat cheese every day. There's a giant rabbit mascot at this Missouri factory where 1.4 million cheddar bunny crackers hop off the assembly line every hour. It takes a state-of-the-art extruder and atomized liquid cheese to make 44,000 cheese doodles per minute. Cheese `nudes' become crispy mozzarella sticks at this Georgia facility where the final product is stretch tested in a lab. Before being smothered in cheese at locations across the country, every single Pappa John's pizza starts out as a dough ball in Kentucky.

2015-08-18T01:30:00Z

2x15 Fishy Business

2x15 Fishy Business

  • 2015-08-18T01:30:00Z20m

Head to Gloucester, Massachusetts, where one of America’s longest-running companies reveals the secret to making golden square-shaped fish fillets. A fairground favorite since the 1920s, this Indiana outfit turns out 40 million pounds of corn dogs every year. These gourmet rice crisps are baked in a massive triple-decker oven before being fried to crispy perfection in just 90 seconds flat.

2x16 Peter Piper Picked a Peck...

  • 2015-08-18T01:30:00Z20m

Head to North Carolina, home of Mt. Olive's picklicious plant that produces plenty of pounds of pickled pepperoncini peppers everyday. Crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside, New Yorker Bagels legendary everything bagel`s key ingredient is really in the water. What began as a small beef company, Barber Foods now boasts a 175,000 sq. ft. facility that produces 426,000 iconic cordon blue frozen stuffed chicken breast daily.

2015-09-22T01:30:00Z

2x17 Mastical Magic

2x17 Mastical Magic

  • 2015-09-22T01:30:00Z20m

A visit to Big League Chew; a creamy horseradish from Baltimore; and Pennsylvania cupcakes factory that was put in the spotlight following a national security incident and an investment from a TV celebrity.

2015-09-29T01:30:00Z

2x18 Awesome Sauce

2x18 Awesome Sauce

  • 2015-09-29T01:30:00Z20m

A million cups of applesauce every year; the art of ultra-creamy fudge at America's longest-running family-operated candy maker; a billion crispy onion rings.

2015-10-08T01:30:00Z

2x19 Dollars to Donuts

2x19 Dollars to Donuts

  • 2015-10-08T01:30:00Z20m

Spotlighting a bakery that makes 28 donuts per second; factory employees who straighten ingredients by hand to make pepperoni; and a multigrain snack that is drizzled in chocolate.

2015-10-15T01:30:00Z

2x20 I Got the Magic Stick

2x20 I Got the Magic Stick

  • 2015-10-15T01:30:00Z20m

Iconic cheesecakes on a stick, hand-dipped in chocolate; a monster wheel of cheddar; irresistible blondies sent across the country.

2015-10-22T01:30:00Z

2x21 The Curd is the Word

2x21 The Curd is the Word

  • 2015-10-22T01:30:00Z20m

It takes a top-secret recipe and a waterfall to make deep-fried cheese curds; keeping up with the demand for cow pies; pecan caramel clusters drenched in rich creamy chocolate; the science behind carbonated pop-in-your-mouth candy.

2015-10-29T01:30:00Z

2x22 Born To Be Mild

2x22 Born To Be Mild

  • 2015-10-29T01:30:00Z20m

Keeping up with demand for zesty salsa verde; caramel-pecan praline is made by hand; Buffalo's Anchor Bar's tangy sauce.

2015-11-05T02:30:00Z

2x23 Certified Organic!

2x23 Certified Organic!

  • 2015-11-05T02:30:00Z20m

A low-fat fig Newton that's literally 80-feet long; fresh organic cream churned into an impossibly large chunk of bright yellow butter; pomegranate-flavored treats.

2015-11-05T02:30:00Z

2x24 Tea-licious

2x24 Tea-licious

  • 2015-11-05T02:30:00Z20m

IThe Charleston tea plantation; a hoisin sauce that has twice been sent into outer space; ice cream sandwiches that have been a San Francisco tradition since 1928.

2015-11-12T02:30:00Z

2x25 Olive The Above

2x25 Olive The Above

  • 2015-11-12T02:30:00Z20m

Turning plump green fruit into sliced black olives; frozen fruit pops are like guilt-free smoothies on a stick; wafer-thin cookie chips.

2015-11-12T02:30:00Z

2x26 Hot To Tot

2x26 Hot To Tot

  • 2015-11-12T02:30:00Z20m

A secret spice blend, a giant steam peeler, and a massive processing facility turn farm-fresh potatoes into bite-size Mexi-Fries; these chocolate almond toffees have a connection to Hollywood royalty; perfecting the art of making absinthe.

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