As well as being used as a breakfast cereal, the crushed flakes can be substituted for bread crumbs in a recipe and can be incorporated into many cooked dishes. Nowadays there are many generic brands of corn flakes produced by various manufacturers.

The trademark rooster that appears on the cereal packets and which first appeared in a television commercial may have been inspired by the Welsh word for rooster, ceiliog, suggested by Kellogg's Welsh friend Nansi Richards. Dr Kellogg continued to experiment and in 1928 started to manufacture Rice Krispies, another successful breakfast cereal. Various ingredients were added and different grains were used. With corn flakes becoming popular in the wider community, other people, particularly a previous patient at the sanatorium, C. A patent for the process was granted in 1896. The breakfast cereal proved popular among the patients and the Kellogg Company was set up to produce corn flakes for a wider public. John Harvey Kellogg in 1894 as a food that he thought would be healthy for the patients of the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Michigan where he was superintendent. Cookbook: Corn flakes Media : Corn flakesĬorn flakes, or cornflakes, are a popular breakfast cereal made by toasting flakes of corn.

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