Later, Will went on to found the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, which went on to become the Kellogg Company known for its many cereals today. John Kellogg and his brother Will came up with the first “flake” cereal that were originally called “Granose Flakes,” which were made available in 1896. In 1866, Ellen White created the Western Health Reform Institute in Battle Creek, Michigan, where she paired up with John Harvey Kellogg to come up with a way to make cereal more widely available. He was one of the first to mix water with whole wheat graham flour, resulting in a breakfast cereal he called “Granula.” Though the cereal had to be soaked in milk overnight to be palatable, the idea of cereal caught on. James Caleb Jackson founded the Jackson Sanitarium in New York. At the time, doctors decided the American populace needed to be taught better eating habits and established institutions called sanitariums in order to emphasize a better diet and a more active life style.ĭr. Symptoms included upper abdominal pain and bloating. Cheerios entered the cereal playing field a bit late, and they weren’t always called Cheerios.ĭuring the Civil War, many Americans were suffering from dyspepsia, or indigestion, likely caused by a high protein diet largely composed of fatty meats and not nearly enough fibre. In the grand scheme of things, cereal is a relatively modern invention. Today I found out that Cheerios used to be called CheeriOats.Ĭereal has become such a go-to food for breakfast for children and adults alike that it’s difficult to think that it hasn’t always been around.
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