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Uncle Sam Cereal

Uncle Sam Cereal originated as The Uncle Sam Breakfast Food Company around 1910. The first Uncle Sam product was Uncle Sam Breakfast Food, a wheat flake cereal sprinkled with flaxseed, celery powder and salt. It was created by LaFayette Coltrin who conceived the cereal as a cure for constipation.

In the 1920's, The Uncle Sam Breakfast Food Company created the first cereal targeted to kids, Vanilla Sweeties.

The company joined forces with a man named Lloyd Skinner in the 1930's to produce the first-ever cereal to contain dried fruit, Skinner Raisin Bran.

In the 1980s, Uncle Sam was acquired by Erewhon, a Boston-based health food distributor.

Today, Uncle Sam, Skinner Raisin Bran and Erewhone are all brands of U.S. Mills.



Uncle Sam Breakfast Food

Introduced in 1907

Uncle Sam Breakfast Food (the original incarnation of Uncle Sam Cereal) was invented by a constipated Omaha-based businessman named LaFayette Coltrin... Read More