Golden Grahams is a brand of
breakfast cereal
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Although warm, cooked cereals li ...
It is produced in the US and Canada by
General Mills
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and
Cereal Partners under the
Nestlé
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brand in other countries.
Overview
It consists of small toasted square-shaped cereal pieces made of
whole wheat and
corn
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. The taste is a mix of
honey
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and
brown sugar
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.
Golden Grahams was introduced in 1976, and the earliest TV commercials featured a jingle sung to the tune of the
James A. Bland song "
Oh, Dem Golden Slippers". The cereal is still widely available in Europe, United States and Canada. It is produced by
Nestlé
Nestlé S.A. ( ) is a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. It has been the largest publicly held food company in the world, measured by revenue and other metrics, since 20 ...
and Cereal Partners, except in the US and Canada, where it is made by General Mills.
United Kingdom
Golden Grahams reached the peak of their popularity in the UK in the 1980s and 90s, however a gradual decline in sales led to their eventual discontinuation in the country in the early 2000s. In October 2010,
Nestlé
Nestlé S.A. ( ) is a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. It has been the largest publicly held food company in the world, measured by revenue and other metrics, since 20 ...
announced that the brand was to be reintroduced into British supermarkets, however little over a decade later, in 2021, Golden Grahams were once again discontinued for a second time.
Despite this, however, Golden Grahams' sister brand,
Curiously Cinnamon (formerly marketed as Cinnamon Grahams), remains widely available throughout the United Kingdom.
See also
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List of breakfast cereals
References
External links
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General Mills brands
General Mills cereals
Nestlé cereals
Products introduced in 1976