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There is a disputed claim that corn flakes were intended to suppress sexual desire. [16] [17] [failed verification] Kellog did promote a "simple, pure and unstimulating diet" for that reason, but the marketing and patent on corn flakes made no mention of it. [18]
A patent for "Flaked Cereals and Process of Preparing Same" was filed on May 31, 1895, and issued on April 14, 1896, to John Harvey Kellogg as Patent No. 558,393. Significantly, the patent applied to a variety of types of grains, not just to wheat. John Harvey Kellogg was the only person named on the patent. [53]
The brothers eventually argued over the addition of sugar to their product, with W.K. in favour of adding sugar and John opposed. In 1906, Will founded the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, which later became the Kellogg Company. In 1930, he established the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, ultimately donating $66 million to it. [4]
“Let them eat Corn Flakes” appears to be Kellogg’s CEO Gary Pilnick’s advice to cash-strapped shoppers who are spending the highest portion of their income on food than at any point in the ...
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First Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Co. Corn Flakes package (1906), later to become the Kellogg Food Company in 1908 In 1876, John Harvey Kellogg became the superintendent of the Battle Creek Sanitarium (originally the Western Health Reform Institute founded by Ellen White) and his brother, William Keith Kellogg, worked as the bookkeeper.