Cereal Facts

Shredded Wheat, invented in 1893 by lawyer Henry Perky, was one of the first ready-to-eat breakfast cereals and debuted at the Chicago World's Fair.

Cheerios were originally called CheeriOats when they debuted in 1941, but General Mills changed the name in 1945 after a trademark dispute.

The average American eats about 14 pounds of cereal per year!

Almost all varieties of breakfast cereals are made of grass.