Some even date back to the early 1900s!
, the cereal has a fascinating origin story: Originally made from wheat, it was created specifically for patients at the Battle Creek Sanitarium, where both Kellogg brothers worked. The patients must have approved, because soon the Kelloggs were producing Corn Flakes for the masses.
Wheaties was created at Washburn Crosby Company in 1921 as a result of an accidental spill of a wheat bran mixture into a hot stove, which crackled and sizzled into a crisp flake. Eventually purchased by General Mills, the company put the first woman on a cereal box—aviator Elinor Smith—in 1934.
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