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Halfsies
Introduced in 1979
In response the late-1970's public backlash to high sugar in cereal, Quaker offered up Halfsies cereal, "the first children's cereal with half the sugar of most sugar-coated cereals."
The cereal was described on the box as "a lightly sweetened cereal fortified with 9 essential vitamins and minerals - 1/2 the sugar of most sugar coated cereals."
Unfortunately, the cereal still contained 18% sugar. The public seemed to see Halfsies more as a ploy to profit from sugar concerns than a novel new cereal.
It disappeared from grocery stores about 2 years after it's introduction.
Mascot: King of The Land of Half
Known premiums: glow-in-the-dark circus acrobat; crazy ball
Our date of introduction is different from most sites (including Wikipedia) with information about this cereal. Our date was derived from a 1981 New York Times article about the demise of the cereal.
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What do you think of Halfsies?
Overall Average Rating = 5 (out of 5)
By nadine
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Best cereal ever. I miss these, and Quaker makes another one of my faves I cannot find anymore, Crunchy Corn Bran.
Comment submitted: 6/6/2020 (#25246)
By DS
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Used to love it. Part of the magic that was the 80's.
Comment submitted: 2/16/2020 (#24898)
By Ang
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I remember loving this cereal and just remembered it the other day. I hadn't thought of it in many years!
Comment submitted: 2/6/2011 (#3838)
By Love4Cereal
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Loved this cereal. They had a contest giving away full sized arcade video games. One of them was Pengo.
Comment submitted: 6/28/2010 (#2365)
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