Golden Grahams
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Golden Grahams is a brand of breakfast cereal
owned by General Mills
. It consists of small toasted square shaped cereal pieces made of whole wheat and corn
. The taste is a mix of honey
and brown sugar
. The cereals Cinnamon Toast Crunch
(known as Curiously Cinnamon in the UK) and French Toast Crunch
developed out of Golden Grahams, with cinnamon being the most popular.
Golden Grahams was introduced in 1976, and the earliest TV commercials featured a jingle sung to the tune of the traditional American song "Golden Slippers
". The cereal is still widely available in Europe, USA and Canada. It is produced by General Mills
.
It used to be sold in the UK in the early 2000s, until eventually being taken off the shelves for unknown reasons. In October 2010, Nestlé began producing Cinnamon and Golden Grahams in the UK again, announced on newly-created Facebook group. So far, they are only available at Tesco
, Waitrose
, Sainsburys and Asda
supermarkets and are now made from whole grain, in line with Nestlé's other cereal brands.
Breakfast cereal
A breakfast cereal is a food made from processed grains that is often, but not always, eaten with the first meal of the day. It is often eaten cold, usually mixed with milk , water, or yogurt, and sometimes fruit but sometimes eaten dry. Some cereals, such as oatmeal, may be served hot as porridge...
owned by General Mills
General Mills
General Mills, Inc. is an American Fortune 500 corporation, primarily concerned with food products, which is headquartered in Golden Valley, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. The company markets many well-known brands, such as Betty Crocker, Yoplait, Colombo, Totinos, Jeno's, Pillsbury, Green...
. It consists of small toasted square shaped cereal pieces made of whole wheat and corn
Maize
Maize known in many English-speaking countries as corn or mielie/mealie, is a grain domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. The leafy stalk produces ears which contain seeds called kernels. Though technically a grain, maize kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable...
. The taste is a mix of honey
Honey
Honey is a sweet food made by bees using nectar from flowers. The variety produced by honey bees is the one most commonly referred to and is the type of honey collected by beekeepers and consumed by humans...
and brown sugar
Brown sugar
Brown sugar is a sucrose sugar product with a distinctive brown color due to the presence of molasses. It is either an unrefined or partially refined soft sugar consisting of sugar crystals with some residual molasses content, or it is produced by the addition of molasses to refined white...
. The cereals Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Cinnamon Toast Crunch is a brand of breakfast cereal produced by General Mills and Nestle. The cereal was first produced in 1984...
(known as Curiously Cinnamon in the UK) and French Toast Crunch
French Toast Crunch
French Toast Crunch is a breakfast cereal launched in 1995 artificially flavoured to taste like French toast, by the General Mills company.The cereal pieces originally looked like mini slices of French toast, but General Mills changed the cereal to a style similar in appearance to Cinnamon Toast...
developed out of Golden Grahams, with cinnamon being the most popular.
Golden Grahams was introduced in 1976, and the earliest TV commercials featured a jingle sung to the tune of the traditional American song "Golden Slippers
Golden Slippers
"Golden Slippers" is a spiritual popularized in the years following the American Civil War by the Fisk Jubilee Singers. The song is also known by its opening line, "What Kind of Shoes You Gwine To Wear". The song became the basis for a minstrel show parody song, "Oh, Dem Golden Slippers", which...
". The cereal is still widely available in Europe, USA and Canada. It is produced by General Mills
General Mills
General Mills, Inc. is an American Fortune 500 corporation, primarily concerned with food products, which is headquartered in Golden Valley, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. The company markets many well-known brands, such as Betty Crocker, Yoplait, Colombo, Totinos, Jeno's, Pillsbury, Green...
.
It used to be sold in the UK in the early 2000s, until eventually being taken off the shelves for unknown reasons. In October 2010, Nestlé began producing Cinnamon and Golden Grahams in the UK again, announced on newly-created Facebook group. So far, they are only available at Tesco
Tesco
Tesco plc is a global grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues and the second-largest measured by profits...
, Waitrose
Waitrose
Waitrose Limited is an upmarket chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom and is the food division of the British retailer and worker co-operative the John Lewis Partnership. Its head office is in Bracknell, Berkshire, England...
, Sainsburys and Asda
Asda
Asda Stores Ltd is a British supermarket chain which retails food, clothing, general merchandise, toys and financial services. It also has a mobile telephone network, , Asda Mobile...
supermarkets and are now made from whole grain, in line with Nestlé's other cereal brands.
Taglines
- Try those Golden Grahams and have a golden day.
- You're not just good, you're golden.
- Crammed with graham.
- How do they cram in all that graham?
- Not eating these would be a graham-atical error!
- With ridges that rock!
- Golden Grahams: So happy together.
- Its gonna be a Golden Grahams day.