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In 1894, flaked breakfast cereal was accidently invented by Seventh Day Adventist Dr. John Harvey Kellogg.
He and his younger brother Will Kellogg found a new way of processing corn: they steamed and soften the kernels, added flavorings and then flattened it by feeding it through two steel rollers. The resulting flakes were then baked in an oven.
It dried into flakes, which were fortunately a big hit among the Sanitarium’s clientele. Dr. Kellogg named their first successful wheat flakes product Granose Flakes.
Two years later they had a patent for the technique and began selling Sanitas Toasted Corn Flakes in 1898.
Will Kellogg developed the product into a great commercial success, in part by adding sugar to the malt and corn combination from which he made the flakes.
In 1895 Charles W. Post introduced Postum Cereal Coffee. In 1898 Grape Nuts was put on the market, Post, using a similar process of flaking as the Kellogg brothers in 1906 introduced his flaked corn.
Another important person in the history of the breakfast cereal industry is C.C Washburn, who began a flour mill in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
He formed the General Mills Company. He introduced a wheat flake that became Wheaties in the 1920s, and is still popular today.
Cereal flake breakfast
- Will Keith Kellogg (1860-1951)
Will Keith Kellogg was business manager of the Battle Creek Sanitarium, founder of the Kellogg Company and founder of the W.K Kellogg foundation. Born on April 7, 1860 to John Preston Kellogg and Ann Janette Stanley Kellogg, he was christened ‘Willie...
- Who Is Dr. John Harvey Kellogg?
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg (February 26, 1852 – December 14, 1943) was a Seventh-day Adventist and vegetarian. He recommended a plain diet for medical and moral reasons. John Harvey, the fifth child of his mother, Ann Jeanette, and the tenth of his father,...
- The Quaker Oats Company In History
The Quaker Oats Company started with The Quaker Mills Company in Ravenna, Ohio when Henry D. Seymour and William Heston registered the Quaker trademark in 1877. They developed and trademarked a new product: rolled oats. All consumers had to...
- Ancient Hot Cereal
Beginning about 4000 BC, hot cereal was a favorite meal of the Incas, who inhabited South American’s west coast. Cook used quihuicha, a species of amaranth, to make a traditional meal. Amaranth actually was an ancient grain eaten for centuries in central...
- History Of Breakfast Cereal
During the American Civil War, Union soldiers were glad to get a hot breakfast cereals, especially when they were in the march or cut off from supply trains. Cooks used foodstuff on hand to make, panada, a hot breakfast gruel affectionately known as...
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Cereal flake breakfast
In 1894, flaked breakfast cereal was accidently invented by Seventh Day Adventist Dr. John Harvey Kellogg.
He and his younger brother Will Kellogg found a new way of processing corn: they steamed and soften the kernels, added flavorings and then flattened it by feeding it through two steel rollers. The resulting flakes were then baked in an oven.
It dried into flakes, which were fortunately a big hit among the Sanitarium’s clientele. Dr. Kellogg named their first successful wheat flakes product Granose Flakes.
Two years later they had a patent for the technique and began selling Sanitas Toasted Corn Flakes in 1898.
Will Kellogg developed the product into a great commercial success, in part by adding sugar to the malt and corn combination from which he made the flakes.
In 1895 Charles W. Post introduced Postum Cereal Coffee. In 1898 Grape Nuts was put on the market, Post, using a similar process of flaking as the Kellogg brothers in 1906 introduced his flaked corn.
Another important person in the history of the breakfast cereal industry is C.C Washburn, who began a flour mill in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
He formed the General Mills Company. He introduced a wheat flake that became Wheaties in the 1920s, and is still popular today.
Cereal flake breakfast
- Will Keith Kellogg (1860-1951)
Will Keith Kellogg was business manager of the Battle Creek Sanitarium, founder of the Kellogg Company and founder of the W.K Kellogg foundation. Born on April 7, 1860 to John Preston Kellogg and Ann Janette Stanley Kellogg, he was christened ‘Willie...
- Who Is Dr. John Harvey Kellogg?
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg (February 26, 1852 – December 14, 1943) was a Seventh-day Adventist and vegetarian. He recommended a plain diet for medical and moral reasons. John Harvey, the fifth child of his mother, Ann Jeanette, and the tenth of his father,...
- The Quaker Oats Company In History
The Quaker Oats Company started with The Quaker Mills Company in Ravenna, Ohio when Henry D. Seymour and William Heston registered the Quaker trademark in 1877. They developed and trademarked a new product: rolled oats. All consumers had to...
- Ancient Hot Cereal
Beginning about 4000 BC, hot cereal was a favorite meal of the Incas, who inhabited South American’s west coast. Cook used quihuicha, a species of amaranth, to make a traditional meal. Amaranth actually was an ancient grain eaten for centuries in central...
- History Of Breakfast Cereal
During the American Civil War, Union soldiers were glad to get a hot breakfast cereals, especially when they were in the march or cut off from supply trains. Cooks used foodstuff on hand to make, panada, a hot breakfast gruel affectionately known as...