There is considerable disagreement over who was involved in the discovery, and the role that they played. The development of the flaked cereal in 1894 has been variously described by those involved: Ella Eaton Kellogg, John Harvey Kellogg, his younger brother Will Keith Kellogg, and other family members. The Kelloggs are best known for the invention of the famous breakfast cereal corn flakes.
Kellogg assisted his brother in research aimed at improving the vegetarian diet of the Battle Creek Sanitarium's patients, especially in the search for wheat-based granola. This is where corn flakes were created and led to the eventual formation of the Kellogg Company.įor years, W. 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, W. corn flakes package (1906), later to become the Kellogg Food Company in 1908
First Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Co.
