Food Factory Explained

Alt Name:Food Factory USA (2014–)
Runtime:30 minutes
Country:Canada
Network:Food Network (Canada)
Last Aired:present
Num Episodes:128
Num Seasons:6

Food Factory is a Canadian television series produced by Cineflix airing in that country on the Food Network, and in the United States on National Geographic, Quest, and FYI. The show features the industrial production lines of major food companies, mostly in Canada, but also in the United States, and occasionally in other countries.[1] It is co-narrated by Colleen Rusholme and Todd Schick.

Episodes

Season 1 (2012)

EpisodeTitleSegment ASegment BSegment CSegment D
1 Warhol Soup Campbell's condensed vegetable soup Brioche
2 The Big Apple Apple juice
3 A Griller Thriller BBQ vegetable medleys Rice cakes
4 Pasta the Ice Cream Pasta Chewing gum
5 Smoking Salmon Yogurt Fresh garden salad
6 Sweet as Sugar Refined sugar Eggs Tortillas
7 Crunch Time Vodka mixers Italian pizzelle cookies Buffalo wings Super caramel crunch cake
8 Whipping It Up Pureed buttercup soup Aerosol whipped cream Lollipops Crab sticks
9 A Taste of India Crunchy chips Tofu
10 In a Jam Croissants Rhubarb strawberry jam Cranberry and orange stuffing Tomato sauce
11 From Toffee to Coffee Coffee Ice rocket lollipops
12 Pasta the Olives Stuffed olives Cranberry pumpkin-seed baguettini Yogurt drinks
13 Holy Pierogy Pierogies Ice cream sandwiches Marmalade
14 Flour Power Cranberry-covered goat cheese Flour Pickled herring
15 Come Fly with Me Bagels Airplane food Organic vegan carrot cake
16 Full Steam Ahead Pilsener beer Chocolate blueberries Roast duck
17 Going Crackers Freezies Banana chocolate chip bars Crostini
18 Hot PotatoPotatoes Gumballs Barbecue sauce
19 Totally Tropical Roasted peanuts Mango smoothies Bocconcini cheese Vegan brownies
20 Mousse HuntingBlueberry cream cheese bagels Spring water Lemon mousse cakes
21 Like Momma MakesSpreadable butter Organic mushrooms Mini quiche Florentine
22 Hitting the Trail Yogurt Baby cookies Veggie burgers
23 Gone Fishing Roasted cashews Sliced apples Peameal bacon
24 This Is Toast Harira vegan soup Bagged ice
25 The Cream of the Crop Milk Chickpeas Samosas Mini eclairs
26 In the Hot HouseTomatoes Muffins BreathsaversGnocchi

Season 2 (2013)

EpisodeTitleSegment ASegment BSegment CSegment D
1 (27)All You Cone Eat Waffle ice cream cones Kesar ras malai
2 (28)Salty and Sweet Donuts Ice cream bars Kosher salt
3 (29)All Bar Naan Maple cookies Truffles
4 (30)Food Fortunes Ice cream sandwiches Fortune cookies
5 (31)Cut the Mustard Granola bars Mustard
6 (32)Spring in Georgia Sweet Georgia Browns
7 (33)Getting Saucy Ketchup
8 (34)Tikka My Breath Away Tacos Chocolate crème eggs
9 (35)From Sugar With Love Peppermint hard candies Cheese straws Love Hearts
10 (36)Double Trouble Pizza pockets Double-flavour lollipops Chocolate toffee nut clusters
11 (37)Colorful Candy Mike and Ikes Arizona iced green tea Shredded cheese
12 (38)Use Your Noodle Instant noodle soup Marshmallow chocolate cups Peanut butter chocolate Buckeyes
13 (39)Chee Cha Sambur Moo Moo bars CheeCha Puffs Dots
14 (40)Fancy A Sausage Roll? Lollipops Pita chips
15 (41)Hill of Beans Candied pretzels Jelly Belly Jelly beans
16 (42)Welch Rare-Bite Boston Baked Beans candy Welch's fruit yogurt snack Scottish meat pie Peppermint candy
17 (43)The Name's Boondi Chocolate mousse and sponge cake Sugar cookies Greek spinach twisters
18 (44)Abba Zaba Doo Amy's Kitchen burritos Bacon-fried rice Abba-Zaba candy bars
19 (45)The Rocky Road Japanese ginger carrot dressing Chocolate and vanilla cookies Rocky road chocolate bars
20 (46)Over the Rainbow Rainbow marshmallow squares Mini chocolate croissants
21 (47)Put the Kettle On Meringue cookies Mediterranean flatbread Jam-filled oat bars Kettle chips
22 (48)Not Tonight Josephine Pakoras Sea-salted caramels
23 (49)Chip Off the Old Block Ranch dressing
24 (50)Where You Bean? Cherry cordials Four-bean medley Turtle cheesecake
25 (51)The House That Santa Built Gingerbread houses Belgian chocolate Santas Eggnog
26 (52)Yule Love This Yule logs Peppermint bark

Season 3 (2013–2014)

EpisodeTitleSegment ASegment BSegment CSegment D
1 (53)Smell the Coffee Tim Hortons's coffee beans Empanadas Cocktail sauce
2 (54)From Candy to a Baby Candy buttons Organic baby food Feta cheese
3 (55)Ice Cup of Tea Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia ice cream Earl Grey tea Tutti frutti lollipops
4 (56)Get Fruity Nitwitz fruit-shaped candy Mighty Malts Chicken soup
5 (57)Nuts About Brittle Montreal-style bagels Jalebi
6 (58)Snow and Ice Twisted chocolate mint sticks Spicy pickled beans Snowball cookies
7 (59)A Chocolate Orange Chicken Bones candy Pastel de nata egg tart pastries Garlic cloves Break-apart chocolate oranges
8 (60)Sweet and Savory Miniature Clark Bars Puff pastry cheese bites Potato chip chocolate bars
9 (61)Fantastic FlavoursWarheads candies Faux-meat veggies Maple-bacon chocolate pods Sauerkraut
10 (62)In A Pickle Pickles Maple cream chocolates Bliss Balls
11 (63)
12 (64)
13 (65)
14 (66)
15 (67)
16 (68)

Season 4 (2014–15)

EpisodeTitleSegment ASegment BSegment CSegment DOriginal air date
1 (69)Pop Goes the Cake 20 September 2014
2 (70)Staken not Stirred 20 September 2014
3 (71)Gold Bars 27 September 2014
4 (72)Pasta Straight Up 27 September 2014
5 (73)Everyday of Sundae 4 October 2014
6 (74)Viva Los Churros 4 October 2014
7 (75)Lights, Camera, Popcorn Blue Tortilla ChipsCinnamon CrumbettesVegan Chocolate CookiesMicrowave Popcorn11 October 2014
8 (76)Fishing for Spuds 11 October 2014
9 (77)Crepe Escape 18 October 2014
10 (78)Green with Envy 18 October 2014
11 (79)My Cup Runneth Over 25 October 2014
12 (80)Cuckoo for Coconuts Lindt Chocolate Bars Nanak Foods' Kaju Katli Lark Fine Foods' Russian Tea Cakes Soyummi Foods' Cogo Chai Smoothie 25 October 2014
13 (81)Pigging Out 1 November 2014
14 (82)Chocolate Under Wraps Lindt's Lindor Chocolates Garden Lites' Vegetable Muffins Just Born Hot Tamales John Wm. Macy's CheeseSticks 1 November 2014
15 (83)Let's Talk Tofurky TofurkeyCharmed BarShirley Temple SodaBrodman's Almonds and Flakes8 November 2014
16 (84)Just the Flax Red Velvet Ice CreamPumpkin Spice Granola BarsChocolate Almond ButterLemon Cookies8 November 2014
17 (85)Pepper Party PeanutsChocolate Vegetable BarsStuffed Cream Cheese JalapeñosMontreal Steak Sauce15 November 2014
18 (86)Ready For This Jelly Chocolate Coconut Nainamo BarsFruit Ice BarsSoup BunsJelly Candies15 November 2014
19 (87)From Argentina With Love Chicken Pad Thai KitMintsChimmichurri SauceFrozen Banana Pops22 November 2014
20 (88)Juiced Up Orange JuicePizza DIY QuitJellybeansCream Puffs22 November 2014
21 (89)Working For Peanuts Peanut ButterEggplant ParmesanPistachiosChocolate bar29 November 2014
22 (90)Miso Hungry Candied AlmondsBagelwichSmore Snack MixMiso Soup Paste29 November 2014
23 (91)Brine Time Chocolate ChipsSnack MixPicklesPacket Mushroom Soup6 December 2014
24 (92)Pipe Dreams Yoghurt TubesCandy Fruit ChewsTempeh6 December 2014
25 (93)Easy As Pie Rice a RoniDIY Caesar Salad KitWhole Foods Apple PieGluten Free English Muffins13 December 2014
26 (94)Red Hot Delight Frank's Red HotShredded WheatCoffee ChocolateBoiled Eggs13 December 2014
27 (95)Midnight Munchies 11 April 2015
28 (96)Constant Cravings 11 April 2015
29 (97)Round the Globe 18 April 2015
30 (98)Over the Rainbow 18 April 2015
31 (99)Hot Stuff 25 April 2015
32 (100)Sugar Rush 25 April 2015
33 (101)Sweet as Honey 12 September 2015
34 (102)Sunny Side up 12 September 2015
35 (103)Noodling Around 19 September 2015
36 (104)Liquid Gold 19 September 2015
37 (105)Let Them Eat Caviar 3 October 2015
38 (106)You've Got Kale 3 October 2015
39 (107)Mint Condition 10 October 2015
40 (108)Smooth as Butter 10 October 2015

Season 5 (2015)

EpisodeTitleSegment ASegment BSegment CSegment DOriginal air date
1 (109)Red Red Vine September 5, 2015
2 (110)Elbow Grease September 5, 2015
3 (111)Cut the Cheese September 26, 2015
4 (112)Snack Odyssey September 26, 2015
5 (113)Puffins N' Cream October 17, 2015
6 (114)Butter Up! October 17, 2015
7 (115)Easy as ABC November 7, 2015
8 (116)Drumroll Please November 7, 2015
9 (117)It's Bittersweet November 14, 2015
10 (118)Hurry and Ketchup! November 14, 2015

Season 6 (2016–17)

EpisodeTitleSegment ASegment BSegment CSegment DOriginal air date
1 (119)Backyard BBQ September 24, 2016
2 (120)Thanksgiving October 1, 2016
3 (121)The Big Game October 15, 2016
4 (122)Halloween October 22, 2016
5 (123)Love November 5, 2016
6 (124)Fiesta Night November 12, 2016
7 (125)Movie Night November 19, 2016
8 (126)Birthdays Birthday Cake Ice CreamEdible Waffle BowlsCotton CandyChocolate PinataNovember 26, 2016
9 (127)Winter December 3, 2016
10 (128)Valentine's Day February 4, 2017[2]

Food Factory USA

Between the original program's third and fourth seasons, the first season of Food Factory USA was produced for FYI and featured only U.S. factories. The style of the show, including the theme music, text graphics, and two narrators, is identical to the original three seasons of Food Factory. However, the format is somewhat different, catering to the demands of American programmers by eliminating one of the four segments to make room for more commercials, and putting those commercials in the middle of each of the three remaining segments instead of between them. In addition, each break is preceded by a trivia question related to the segment, whose answer is given following the break (similar to other series such as Pawn Stars). In the spring of 2015, a second season began airing on May 23, two at a time each week as with season four of Food Factory. The only noticeable difference is the use of graphical text in various colors (consistent within each episode), instead of the silvery grey used in all four previous seasons of the two series.

In the FYI telecasts, Food Factory USA also uses only US customary units, instead of the metric system measurements used in the original three Food Factory seasons. Those seasons, as seen on Food Network Canada (as well in the United States as FYI and its predecessor, Bio), used metric measurements in the narration, with the FYI broadcasts also including metric with English conversions in the graphics. As aired in the U.S., the fourth season of Food Factory has no metric units of any kind (narration, graphics, or captions), but the closed captioning still uses Canadian spelling.

Home Factory

Also in May 2015, a spinoff began airing in the U.S. on FYI. Home Factory is nearly identical to the original series, except that its products are non-food items found in and around the home, ranging from towels and brooms to rubber ducks and lawn flamingos.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Food Factory . October 23, 2013 . October 23, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131023165356/http://www.foodnetwork.ca/ontv/shows/food-factory/show.html?titleid=282413 . live .
  2. Web site: Valentine's Day. Zap2it. 7 January 2017.