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Corn flakes, or cornflakes, are a breakfast cereal made from toasting flakes of corn (maize). Originally invented as a breakfast food to counter indigestion , [ 1 ] it has become a popular food item in the American diet and in the United Kingdom where over 6 million households consume them.
12. Corn flakes. Who: The John and Will Kellogg. When: 1894. How it was created: Will Kellogg was helping his brother John cook meals for patients at their Battle Creek Sanitarium. The brothers ...
[11] [12] These include claims that Kellogg's corn flakes were invented and/or marketed to prevent masturbation. They were promoted to prevent indigestion, while the reason for their invention is, as of yet, inconclusive. [12] Another common claim credits Kellogg with popularizing routine infant circumcision in the United States and broader ...
Kellogg's Corn Flakes had the first breakfast cereal prize. The Funny Jungleland Moving Pictures Book was given to customers in the stores by merchants at the time of purchase of two packages of Kellogg's Corn Flakes. [1] In 1909, Kellogg's changed the book give-away to a premium mail-in offer for the cost of a dime. [6]
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Post Toasties were originally sold as Elijah's Manna [3] (c. 1904) until criticism from religious groups (and consequent loss of sales) led to a change of name in 1908. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In the 1930s, Post paid Walt Disney $1.5 million in the first year to design cartoon animals to illustrate its boxes of Post Toasties.
Candy corn took off in the late 1800s after a Cincinnati-based company took the lead in production. Here's what to know about the Halloween treat.