How It's Made
Butter braid pastries and their parent company were featured on Discovery Channel's program "How It's Made." The braided pastry segment was aired on the Science Channel on November 21, 2014 at 8 p.m. CST. Country Maid was selected as a filming destination after making contact with the show's producers. "How It's Made" was looking to fill their production schedule for early 2014 with Iowa companies that produced some of the "most interesting things." The episode on Butter Braid pastries revealed the production process for manufacturing pastries.