How are corn flakes made?
Corn flakes were invented in Battle Creek, Michigan in 1894 by brothers Will and Dr. John Kellogg. They baked some boiled wheat on a baking tin, the doctor was called away on an emergency, and they rolled out the stuff the next day. The result was flakes. John was interested in the sanitarium, which he owned, while Will was interested in this great new product. Will sweetened up the flakes with malt and bought the commercial rights from his brother. Will Kellogg started the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company in 1906. In 1924, the first supplies of the breakfast cereal were exported to the UK and proved so successful that a factory was built to manufacture the Corn Flakes at Trafford Park, Manchester in 1938. Corn Flakes are made from sweetcorn (shown left in pic) which is ripened by more than 140 days of sunshine in Argentina, South America before being shipped to the factory for milling. The milling process removes the corn kernels from the cobs and turns them into flaking sized
Corn flakes were invented in Battle Creek, Michigan in 1894 by brothers Will and Dr. John Kellogg. They baked some boiled wheat on a baking tin, the doctor was called away on an emergency, and they rolled out the stuff the next day. The result was flakes. John was interested in the sanitarium, which he owned, while Will was interested in this great new product. Will sweetened up the flakes with malt and bought the commercial rights from his brother. Will Kellogg started the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company in 1906. In 1924, the first supplies of the breakfast cereal were exported to the UK and proved so successful that a factory was built to manufacture the Corn Flakes at Trafford Park, Manchester in 1938. Corn Flakes are made from sweetcorn (shown left in pic) which is ripened by more than 140 days of sunshine in Argentina, South America before being shipped to the factory for milling. The milling process removes the corn kernels from the cobs and turns them into flaking sized
