What was the first breakfast cereal?

Answer 1

James Caleb Jackson invented Granula, the first manufactured COLD breakfast cereal in 1863. Granula was an early version of Grape-Nuts, consisting of heavy grains of bran-rich Graham flour. The grains had to be soaked overnight before use.

Currently, Quality Planet Gourmet Foods makes a version of Granula using modern day resources to update the what was once a tasteless food. Instead of heavy grains, Quality Planet uses seeds (pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, and sesame seeds), oats, maple syrup and honey.

Answer 2

The first breakfast cereal, Granula was invented in the United States in 1863 by James Caleb Jackson, operator of Our Home on the Hillside which was later replaced by the Jackson Sanatorium in Dansville, New York.

Answer 3

Dr. J. H. Kellogg started the modern breakfast cereal industry. He intended to developed a simple food to help people (usually young people) control their presumably hard-to-control sexual desire. Dr. Kellogg, the director of a large hospital, believed several factors clearly indicated a person masturbated regularly, including heart rhythm irregularities, stooped posture and acne.

Answer 4

I believe it was hot oatmeal, Quaker Oats.

Answer 5

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