Here’s how to watch The Food That Built America online, including whether the show is available via Netflix, Hulu or Prime. The Food That Built America is a nonfiction series airing on the History Channel that explores the stories behind some of the biggest brands in the American food industry. It’s the latest entry in the History Channel’s “That Built” franchise which also includes shows like The Men Who Built America, The Cars That Made America and The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen.
Through a series of dramatic re-enactments and expert commentary from food historian Sarah Wassberg Johnson or Man V. Food host Adam Richman, the three-episode first season of The Food That Built America focused on how iconic American food and drink brands like Heinz, Kellogg’s, The Hershey Company, Coca Cola and McDonald’s came to be and how they shaped history. The series drew in 18.8 million viewers during its first season and proved a worthy contender to fellow foodie-oriented shows like Worst Cooks In America and Guy Fieri’s Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.
Those strong ratings resulted in a second season of The Food That Built America which saw the History Channel teaming with season 1 talking head Adam Richman, who acts as the new host. The eighteen-episode second season started airing in early 2021 and has so far covered the competition between pizza chains Domino’s and Pizza Hut, how Kraft’s processed cheese changed the dairy industry and the rise of potato chip brand Lay’s. So how can foodies watch the show online?
Unfortunately, The Food That Built America isn’t currently in the Netflix library, but Hulu offers its subscribers the first season of the show. The best place to watch The Food That Built America online is via Amazon Prime which has all three episodes of season 1 and the season 2 episodes that have aired so far. However, they’re not currently free to watch with Prime membership and it costs from $1.99 to watch an episode and between $4.99 and $19.99 to watch a whole season. Fans of The Food That Built America can also watch episodes on the History Channel website in the U.S. although they’ll have to put up with adverts.
For TV fans enjoying the format of The Food That Built America, the History Channel has a whole host of new shows coming soon that will explore similar terrain. In addition to its current “That Built” franchise, the channel will soon air episodes of its new shows The Titans That Built America, The Machines That Built America, The Engineering That Built The World and The Toys That Built America.