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Frosted Flakes almost had a kangaroo mascot. Both companies were located in Battle Creek, and over the years they fought tooth and nail for industry supremacy.
People who worked for Post and Kellogg regarded each other as the enemy. They envisioned it as the perfecte way to overtake Kellogg, and secretly began developing their own sugar-coated wheat puffs. This decision raised a serious moral dilemma for Post. It was deeply ingrained in the corporate culture of all major cereal makers that their products were healthy food …and sugar isn't especially good for children.
Traditionalists and nutritionists feared that manufacturing sugar-coated cereal would violate the guiding principles of the company. But proponents of pre-sweetened cereal suggested that adding a controlled amount of sugar in the plant was preferable to kids adding an unlimited amount at the breakfast table. They also insisted that the company was merely "trading off sugar carbohydrates for grain carbohydrates -and sugar and starch are metabolized in exactly the same way. In the end, though, the most convincing "argument" came from the marketing department.
They were sure that Post would make big bucks from sugar-coated cereal. And that was that. Post came up with a product they figured could double as a breakfast food and a snack. They called it Happy Jax.. They packaged it in cellophane bags like Ranger Joe and in , rolled it out from coast to coast.
To Post's great delight, Kellogg was blindsided by the new creation. You'd rip the bag off and gnaw on a piece. The moral argument conveniently forgotten, Post looked around for other products to cover with sugar.
Six months later, they introduced "candy-kissed" Rice Krinkles, a caramel-coated rice cereal designed to steal market share from Kellogg's Rice Krispies. Once again, the product caught Kellogg flat-footed. In they launched Corn-Fetti, a sugar-coated flake designed to stay crispy and sweet in milk. To support the product, Post advertised on TV with Captain Jolly, the first cartoon pirate of crunch.
No one can stay away from Corn-Fetti. It never gets sticky, even in the box. It wasn't long before Kellogg realized that Corn-Fetti wasn't selling.
But it was so insoluble, it would cut your mouth all up like glass. The competition was, of course, Sugar-Frosted Flakes. The argument about "pre sweets" and their impact on children's health had already been going on for years in Kellogg's Food Research Department. It had a historic precedent. At the turn of the century, Dr.
John Kellogg, who believed sugar was unhealthy, had argued vehemently against using it as an ingredient in cornflakes. But in , while he was in Europe, his brother W. Kellogg was furious, but his medical concerns were less persuasive to W. Kellogg Foundation, a charitable organization established to promote children's health and education. It's not just American kids and adults who love Frosted Flakes for — the cereal is available in a number of countries across the world including Japan, Latin America, and Europe.
Each country has its own name for the cereal. For example, they're known as "Zucaritas" in Spanish-speaking countries, which translates loosely to "Sugaries. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, for example, they once offered toffee-flavored Frosties, which have since been discontinued via Just Food. Chocolate Frosted Flakes were discontinued for a few decades but made a triumphant return in and are currently on grocery store shelves if you want to give them a try via Kellogg's.
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