Hello, I'm a cereal enthusiast with a passion for the history of breakfast foods. Let's dive into the origins of the first cereal brand.

The first brand of cereal is widely recognized as Shredded Wheat, which was invented by Henry Perky in 1893. The product was made by shredding wheat and then baking it to create a high-fiber, low-fat breakfast option. It was initially marketed as a health food, and its production was patented by Perky in 1895. The brand was later sold to the Postum Cereal Company, which was eventually renamed to the Post Cereal Company, and is now a part of Kraft Foods.

Shredded Wheat was significant because it was one of the early products that helped to establish the concept of ready-to-eat cereals as a convenient and healthy breakfast choice.

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By 1902, 40 cereal brands, including Post, had emerged in the area. It was also in Battle Creek that Dr. Alexander P. Anderson developed a way of making puffed rice by shooting grains of rice from a cannon. He sold this method to Quaker Oats, who introduced the first puffed rice cereal in 1905.read more >>