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In 1894, John Harvey Kellogg was superintendent of a hospital and health spa in Battle Creek, Michigan. His younger brother, Will Keith Kellogg, was the business manager. The hospital wanted healthful living and kept its patients on a strict diet.
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The brothers invented many foods that were made from grains, including a coffee flavorer and a type of granola, which they pushed through rollers and rolled into long sheets of dough.
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One day, after cooking some wheat, the men were called away. When they finally returned, the wheat had become stale. They decided to force the tempered grain through the rollers anyway.
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Surprisingly, the grain did not come out in long sheets of dough. Instead each wheat part was flattened and came out as a thin flake. The brothers baked the flakes an were suprised with their new invention.
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They realized they had discovered a new and delicious treat, but they had no idea they had accidentally invented a whole new breakfest food.
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Will Keith Kellogg eventually opened his own corn flakes business, and its still popular, ven today.
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The actual cereal brand didn't open to the public until 1906, but when it did it became a big hit.
