Wheaties is a brand of General Mills breakfast cereal. It is well-known for featuring prominent athletes on the exterior of the package, and has become a minor cultural icon. Primarily comprising a wheat and bran mixture baked into flakes, it was introduced in 1924
Wheaties was created in 1922, as a result of an accidental spill of a wheat bran mixture onto a hot stove by a Minnesota clinician working for the Washburn Crosby Company (later Gener...
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Wheaties is a brand of General Mills breakfast cereal. It is well-known for featuring prominent athletes on the exterior of the package, and has become a minor cultural icon. Primarily comprising a wheat and bran mixture baked into flakes, it was introduced in 1924
Wheaties was created in 1922, as a result of an accidental spill of a wheat bran mixture onto a hot stove by a Minnesota clinician working for the Washburn Crosby Company (later General Mills). By November 1924, after over 36 attempts to strengthen the flakes to withstand packaging, the process for creating the flakes had been perfected by the Washburn head miller, George Cormack, and the cereal was named Washburn's Gold Medal Whole Wheat Flakes. Soon after, the name was changed to Wheaties as a result of an employee contest won by the wife of a company export manager, Jane Bausman. Other names passed over included "Nutties" and "Gold Medal Wheat Flakes".
Wheaties began its association with sports in 1927, through...
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