The Food That Built America

"The Food that Built America" is another in the series about how American was "built". Previous series include "The Men Who Built America" (2012), "How Booze Built America" (2017), and "The Men Who Built America: The Frontiersmen" (2018). Each one is exceptional as is this one.

"The Food That Built America" tells the astonishing stories behind the foods and food services we enjoy and take for granted today. Each episode plays out dramatic and engaging tales involving historical events, breakthroughs in manufacturing technology, packaging and distribution challenges, wavering public opinions, ruthless corporate battles, marketing genius, and boom or bust luck. Most impressive is the courage, perseverance, and ingenuity of the individual Americans behind so many of the iconic products and companies that are still around. I find myself saying, "Wow!" multiple times every episode. This is a truly great series, and I'm so glad I came across it on my library's free streaming service.

Just right. Adding dramatisation to the storytelling of great American food brands... really works. The Food that Built America may not be one of the best documentaries ever made - but it is certainly is one of the more entertaining.

Suitability Schneider, Grim and Withe deliver a "fast food" approach to the documentary format - you keep wanting to come back for more. It's interesting, easy viewing and entertaining.

Adding to merit; it is, arguably, appealing to those who normally avoid documentaries and so manages to spread knowledge to a broader audience.

Well done.

Stunned my co-workers with all my "knowledge." Learn how Hershey, Kellogg, Post, McDonalds, and Heinz became household brands.

I knew the reputation of the History channel and all their strange documentaries so I would never had watched this.

However, my wife chose it so I started watching under protest and expecting that she'll give up after ten minutes because of the bad quality.

Well, she got disinterested quick enough but I got hooked in that same interval!

I watched the full series in one sitting and even my wife got interested again after I caught her up on the famous people and companies.

It was very interesting, well acted and narrated and the reenactments were of such quality that you could have fooled me into believing it was a normal TV series!