

The Food That Built America
The Birth of Bubblegum
TV-PG
S7 • E3 May 3, 2026 42mA struggling candy maker’s botched experiment leads to the world’s first bubble gum, its distinctive color, and a decades-long bubble gum war fueled by colorful mascots, comic strips, baseball cards, and novelty flavors — transforming gum into a pop culture.

