Food Factory (2012)
Season 4
Each episode offers a behind-the-scenes view of production lines in food factories across Canada to find out how some of the most-popular food items are really made. Through the ingredients, techniques and required processes, this documentary series reveals how raw ingredients are turned into everyday eats.
Released Aug. 30, 2012
Episode 30 min
10+
Genres: Documentary, Reality
Keywords: tmdb.food, imdb.food
Watch Providers: BYUtv
Production Companies: Cineflix Productions
Network: Flavour Network
S4E1 - Pop Goes the Cake
An irresistible combination of caramel, chocolate, and butter pecan, discover the tantalizing secrets of the ice cream you serve like a cake; named after a people who were part of Genghis Khan's famous army, tangy tartar sauce was given a gourmet twist in the 1970s, and is perfected daily; it takes plenty of icing, slabs of cake, and a machine called the 'encruster' to make a single batch of 2,700 bite-size cake pops; and, a special roasting oven and Dead Sea salt give artisanal almonds their signature crunch.
Sept. 20, 2014, midnight
S4E2 - Shaken Not Stirred
The process of making instant ready-to-blend fruit smoothies is so cool that it takes a river of liquid nitrogen to make it happen; find out how raw organic cocoa beans are turned into luscious salted almond chocolate bars; delicious paneer isn't just the most popular cheese in southeast Asia, it doesn't melt when it's cooked; and, with a killer combination of kick, wasabi horseradish mustard features a spicy family story that only science can explain.
Sept. 20, 2014, midnight
S4E3 - Gold Bars
Featuring shredded coconut, toasted almonds, and rum, this Caribbean-inspired candy bar takes a trip through a chocolate waterfall; it takes three kilograms of rosemary, six kilograms of roasted garlic, and 100 kilograms of corn meal to produce a single batch of irresistible polenta crisps; sprinkled with walnuts and glazed by hand, every maple-flavoured Danish is a patriotic pastry that's packed with a magical filling; and, laced with butter and parmesan, Alfredo risotto is so popular that more than 25 million boxes of it are produced every year.
Sept. 27, 2014, midnight
S4E4 - Pasta Straight Up
Two fun-loving brothers have put an organic spin on the classic cheese twist, and their high-tech assembly line includes a video system that scans for defective curls; if you've got a hankering for bite-size mint chocolate patties, the good news is that millions of them roll off the assembly line every day; it takes 200 litres of vodka every month to help put the zing in a buttery bacon-scented tomato sauce; and, the surprising thing about high-end chili powder is that it contains seven spices harvested from the four corners of the globe.
Sept. 27, 2014, midnight
S4E5 - Everyday Is Sundae
It takes 1.5 million kilograms of strawberry sauce to satisfy the annual demand for strawberry shortcake ice cream; hundreds of delectable tacitos are hand-rolled every minute, and if you want to join the assembly line, it'll take you three months to get up to speed; with gallons of chocolaty fluff and just minutes on the clock, making marshmallows is a race against time; and, after a massive shredder cuts the vegetables down to size, broccoli slaw is washed twice before hitting the spin cycle.
Oct. 4, 2014, midnight
S4E6 - Viva Los Churros
The surprising thing about this protein-packed breakfast cereal is that it's made from navy beans, lentils, garbanzo beans, and brown rice; a love for soda pop was the inspiration for an artisanal cream soda that delivers a flavour high without the sugar rush; the recipe for vegan mayonnaise came to its creator in a dream, and a 24-hour production cycle means a whopping annual yield of 4 million kilograms; and, steeped in Spanish history, a quarter of a million churros are dusted with cinnamon and flash-fried to perfection every day.
Oct. 11, 2014, midnight
S4E7 - Lights, Camera, Popcorn
Oct. 11, 2014, midnight
S4E8 - Fishing for Spuds
Oct. 11, 2014, midnight
S4E9 - Crepe Escape
Oct. 18, 2014, midnight
S4E10 - Green with Envy
Oct. 18, 2014, midnight
S4E11 - My Cup Runneth Over
Oct. 25, 2014, midnight
S4E12 - Cuckoo for Coconuts
Oct. 25, 2014, midnight
S4E13 - Pigging Out
Nov. 1, 2014, midnight
S4E14 - Chocolate Under Wraps
If you've got a serious hankering for chocolate, head to the state-of-the-art factory that produces 1.5 billion truffles a year; packed with veggies, bananas, and heaps of chocolate chips, meet the guilt- and gluten-free muffin that's as satisfying as it is healthy; retro Hot Tamales are North America's number one cinnamon flavored candy, and 73 million of them are produced every day; and, layers of buttery pastry dough and two tangy cheeses are the secret to light and flaky gourmet cheese crisps.
Nov. 1, 2014, midnight
S4E15 - Let's TalkTofurky
Complete with holiday stuffing in the centre, Tofurky is a hearty vegetarian alternative to Thanksgiving roast turkey; two best friends have put their passion for healthy eating into making tasty and nutritious snack bars that are guilt-free and packed with energy; it's arguably the most famous kiddie cocktail ever, and the good news for fans is that 1.5 million cans of Shirley Temple soda are produced daily; and, these one-bite snacks combine three generations of love with crunchy almonds, tangy cranberries, and decadent white chocolate.
Nov. 8, 2014, midnight
S4E16 - Just the Flax
Nov. 8, 2014, midnight
S4E17 - Pepper Party
Nov. 15, 2014, midnight
S4E18 - Ready for This Jelly
Nov. 15, 2014, midnight
S4E19 - From Argentina with Love
Nov. 22, 2014, midnight
S4E20 - Juiced Up
A Florida factory that produces orange juice; a family-run business that turns out 2.5 million balls of pizza dough; bite-size cream puffs rolling off a California assembly line; and the makers of flavorful chewy candies.
Nov. 22, 2014, midnight
S4E21 - Working for Peanuts
Nov. 29, 2014, midnight
S4E22 - Miso Hungry
Nov. 29, 2014, midnight
S4E23 - Brine Time
Dec. 6, 2014, midnight
S4E24 - Pipe Dreams
Dec. 6, 2014, midnight
S4E25 - Easy as Pie
Dec. 13, 2014, midnight
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S4E26 - Red Hot Delight
"Food Factory turns up the heat with a legendary hot sauce, a century-old cereal,
Dec. 13, 2014, midnight
Flavour Network
30 min/ep
30 min
Aug. 30, 2012
Dec. 31, 2016, midnight
Canceled
TV-PG / 10+
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