Food Factory
Upcoming episodes
Jan 10th
430a
Fries With A Twist
From raw materials to finished products, FOOD FACTORY goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are made: On their 90-minute trip to becoming curly fries, truckloads of potatoes enjoy a steam bath and a ride through a top-secret cutter; it takes 200,000 kilograms of cream cheese to frost half a million red velvet cakes a year; 50,000 vegetable pot pies are assembled and baked daily; and, Mitchell Sweets are marshmallow squares covered in fresh gooey caramel.
Jan 10th
500a
Plenty Of Fish
From raw materials to finished products, FOOD FACTORY goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are made: Fish fingers are showered with batter and breadcrumbs, and fried to golden brown in just 20 seconds; corn meal is puffed to perfection and then covered with caramel; on their way to becoming crinkle cut sweet potato fries, crate loads of sweet potatoes are showered, peeled, diced, and dried; and, chunks of cookie dough batter hit the deep freeze before being smothered in milk chocolate.
Jan 10th
530a
The Perfect Burger
From raw materials to finished products, FOOD FACTORY goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are made: Over 3,000,000 hamburger patties are produced every single day; ribbon candy is sent through a crimper to get its signature shape; Mexican chocolate discs are based on a tradition that dates back thousands of years; and, it takes a secret sauce and loads of cheese to keep the enchilada assembly line moving.
Jan 10th
1200p
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.
Jan 10th
1230p
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 10th
100p
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 10th
130p
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 10th
200p
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 10th
230p
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 10th
300p
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.