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June 5, 2024 43 mins

Wink at your grocer… ummm. what?! The Kellogg Brothers are responsible for the invention of cereal, and they traveled an interesting road before their genius product hit the shelves. But, they had an even crazier path after when the industry blew up. Today on Found Objects Podcast, we will explore it all - the birth of cereal and, with it, the fallout of the century.


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SOURCES:

www.historytoday.com/archive/battle-cornflakes.

www.history.com/news/dr-john-kellogg-cereal-wellness-wacky-sanitarium-treatments.

www.postconsumerbrands.com/our-history/.

knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/podcast/knowledge-at-wharton-podcast/the-bitter-feud-behind-an-iconic-brand/.

dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/409.

www.britannica.com/topic/Adventism. Accessed 2 May 2024.

www.history.com/news/cereal-breakfast-origins-kellogg. 



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