Grape-Nuts is celebrating 125 years on shelves. Only two other cold cereals introduced in the 19th century are still being sold: shredded wheat (1892) and cornflakes (1898).
Lakeville, Minnesota-based Post Consumer Brands has kept the crunchy cereal largely the same to keep it on shelves for more than a century.
Grape-Nuts have never contained grapes or nuts, for the record. Charles William Post's process for turning wheat, barley, salt and yeast into crunchy morsels was said to result in the creation of"grape sugars" and provided a nutty texture. 'The Road to Wellville'In 1891, Post, then a 37-year-old farm equipment salesman, stayed at John Harvey Kellogg's sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan. The sanitarium was a heath and wellness resort, often visited by the rich and famous looking to improve their lifestyle.
Boxes of Grape-Nuts originally came with an informational packet called"The Road to Wellville," which was adapted into a 1993 T.C. Boyle novel and a 1994 movie about the Kelloggs and the Battle Creek Sanitarium. As cereal aisles became increasingly crowded with colorful, sugary offerings, Grape-Nuts branched out into flakes, O's and raisin varieties, but it kept true to its low-sugar,"natural" appeal.
The cereal was one of the first high-profile victims of pandemic-era supply chain snags in late 2020 and early 2021, as production issues kept boxes off the shelf for months.
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