Grain+Processing


 * __GRAIN PROCESSING__**



__ Quaker Oats__

During the 1850's Ferdinand Schumacher created the first cereal company.By 1877, the Quaker Oats became a trademark for cereals and got its famous quaker man logo on the front of every box.Henry Crowell later brought Quaker Mill after it went bankrupt in1881,keeping the famous name Quaker. Soon after advertising, of the quick breakfast cereal at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893 and by door to door ads, great business came to the company. __Shredded Wheat__

Shredded Wheat was invented in the year 1893, by Henry Perky. It was consisted of wheat being cooked and put into thin strands stacked together, then dried. All over the world people looked at shredded wheat as an easy breakfast that was also very healthy. __Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix__ Aunt Jemima is a trademark for breakfast foods such as pancake mix, syrup, etc. It debuted in 1889, although it is dated to 1893. Nancy Green was the Aunt Jemima spokeswoman from 1890 until she died in 1923. At the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, Nancy Green had a pancake cooking display.



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By: Samanthia Fierstein, Morgan Hensley, & Josh Hacklander