Who invented cereal?

Question

Who invented cereal?

Answer 1

Quaker oats

Answer 2

kellogs: cornflakes was the first cereal

Answer 3

i don't know. dam good idea though.

pure genious.

Right up there with electricity and flushing toilets.

Answer 4

probobly a guy who had to much time on his hands and liked plain boring breakfast...

plz dont downthumb me for this answer, because im just playing around.

Answer 5

Kellog.

Answer 6

Kellog and Post were the men.

Answer 7

I would think it was invented by Kellogg!

Answer 8

I read somewhere that a Mr. Kellogg invented cereal in the form of corn flakes in Battle Creek, Michigan as a treatment for mental patients. Seriously.

Answer 9

Thomas Jefferson, of course!

I thought everyone knew that!

Answer 10

This is what I found.

#1

The first modern and commercial cereal foods were created by the American Seventh-day Adventists. The Adventists formed the Western Health Reform Institute in the 1860s. The Institute was later renamed the Battle Creek Sanitarium after its location in Battle Creek, Michigan. The Adventists manufactured, promoted, and sold wholesome cereals.

Cereal or grain is a member of the grass plant family, with starchy seeds used for food. Common cereals are: wheat, rice, rye, oats, barley, corn (maize), and sorghum.

Will Keith Kellogg

Will Keith Kellogg was the founder of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, founded in 1906. In 1894, Kellogg was trying to improve the diet of hospital patients. He was searching for a digestible bread substitute using the process of boiling wheat. Kellogg accidentally left a pot of boiled wheat to stand and the wheat became tempered (soften). When Kellogg rolled the tempered or softened wheat and let it dry, each grain of wheat emerged as a large thin flake. The flakes turned out to be a tasty cereal. Kellogg had invented corn flakes.

Kellogg received his M.D. from Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York City, in 1875. He was a Seventh-day Adventist. (Kellogg's Company)

Will Keith Kellogg

Will Keith Kellogg, founder of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, may be best known as the cereal industry giant and inventor of corn flakes.

W. K. Kellogg / Kellogg Company

Will Keith Kellogg founded the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company in 1906.

Rice Krispies were introduced by Kellogg in 1929.

C(harles) W(illiam) Post

American manufacturer noted for his development of breakfast cereals.

Cherrios

"The year was 1941 and America's first ready-to-eat oat cereal with crisp doughnut-like rings was arriving on store shelves. The introduction of the seven-ounce box of Cheerioats was a major event for General Mills."

Cereal Advertising Icon Toys

Since the Quaker Oats man became the first registered breakfast cereal trademark in 1877, breakfast cereals have been synonymous with characters like Tony the Tiger of Kelloggs, the Trix Rabbit, and Post's Sugar Bear.

Victorian Breakfasts

One distinctly American component was corn, especially in the South where hominy, first eaten by Native Americans, was joined by corn meal mush, corn pone, grits, and so on

#2

Sylvester Graham more or less started the breakfast cereal industry. Sylvester Graham, (born July 5, 1794, West Suffield, Conn., U.S. and died Sept. 11, 1851, Northampton, Mass.) American clergyman whose advocacy of a health regimen emphasizing temperance and vegetarianism found lasting expression in the graham cracker, a household commodity in which lay the origin of the modern breakfast-cereal industry. After working at a variety of odd jobs, Graham became a Presbyterian minister in 1826 but preached little. He is best known for his advocacy of unsifted, coarsely ground wheat (graham) flour and his invention of the graham cracker (1829). At the height of his popularity, Graham lectured widely. He recommended a complete health regimen, including hard mattresses, cold showers, and a diet consisting of homemade bread (he was attacked once by a mob of bakers and butchers), rough cereals, fruits, and vegetables.

Inspired by Sylvester Graham, in pursuit of the healthful diet, Dr. James Caleb Jackson created the first breakfast cereal in 1863, which he called Granula. But it was far from convenient; it had to be soaked overnight before it was even possible to chew the dense, bran-heavy nuggets.

Answer 11

omg thats such a good question

i never wondered that before lol

Answer 12

satan

Answer 13

i read somewhere that an early form of cereal was just pouring milk on plain popcorn. this is for real, i just cant remember where i read it.. i think it was on a popcorn packet... :D

Answer 14

your mom

Answer 15

Perhaps CW Post or Mr. kelloggs

Answer 16

James Caleb Jackson in 1863.

Answer 17

Aunt Jemima, but she don't get no credit.

Answer 18

puritan

Answer 19

Kellogg? Have some corn flakes.

Answer 20

i did

Answer 21

Breakfast cereal (cold cereal) as we know it today was first made by C.W. Post of the Post cereal company.

Answer 22

CAPTAIN CRUNCH DID!!!!