Knowing The Invention Of Cereal

!±8± Knowing The Invention Of Cereal

It is recorded in history that it was the American Seventh-day Adventists who invented cereal. It was during the 1860s that a horde was formed and they got accustomed to manufacturing cereal foods which were then spread worldwide, particularly promoting the production of wholesome cereals. Their discovery of cereal contributed to the commercialization and modernization of cereal products. It was only after several years that Will Keith Kellogg began his research in making cereal.

In 1894, he had an aim in search for a better alternative for bread as one of the important diet of patients. The invention of cereal developed when Kellogg experimented by boiling wheat to enhance the consumption of hospital patients' food for simpler digestion. He took an amount of wheat and left it to boil, with hopes of creating something out of his idea. To his amazement, the boiling took longer than he has thought. He stopped the boiling when the wheat had softened, then rolled to make it dry. He accidentally found out that every grain turned out to be a large thin flake.

Kellogg, who was named one of the people who invented cereal, realized that the flakes were very delicious cereal. That was how corn flakes were introduced. His findings led him to establishing one of most distinguished foundations, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, in 1906. He, who was also one of the Seventh-day Adventists, later came to be founder of another large organization - the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, also in the year 1906. With these developments, cereals came to an overwhelming turnover, gaining massive popularity throughout the globe.

The invention of cereal was not limited to only the corn flakes; Kellogg unearthed another great discovery of rice krispies. And since then, people started witnessing the potential of the cereal market. An American manufacturer, Charles William Post, was also noted in history to contribute vastly to the growth of cereal foods. Only after several years, cereal breakfast emerged in the instantaneous form of delicious crunchy rings. Later on, General Mills introduced ready-to-eat cereals that can be consumed like cookies.