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Kix, the first "puffed" cereal
Breakfast cereal

A breakfast cereal is a Fast moving consumer goods food product intended to be consumed as part of a breakfast. It is usually eaten cold as a ready-to-eat meal and mixed with a liquid, such as milk or water, though occasionally Nut and fruit are also added....
, was introduced in 1937 by the General Mills
General Mills

General Mills is a Fortune 500 corporation, mainly concerned with food products, which is headquartered in Golden Valley, Minnesota, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota....
 cereal company of Golden Valley
Golden Valley, Minnesota

Golden Valley is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, Minnesota, United States. It is a western suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is the main corporate headquarters of General Mills and Pentair....
, Minnesota
Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with just over five million residents....
. Their slogan is "Kid-Tested, Mother-Approved!". Actor Mason Adams
Mason Adams

Mason Adams was an United States character actor....
 was the announcer for most of its commercials in the 1990s.

Kix is an extruded expanded puffed grain
Puffed grain

Puffed grain includes ancient puffed grains like popcorn as well as puffed rice. Modern puffed grains are often created using high pressure.High pressure puffed grain is created by placing whole grains under high pressure with steam....
 product. The grain is processed and expanded (water is added and it is pulverized). Cooking of Kix occurs in the extruder and then the dough is formed into the desired shape as it is extruded through a die.






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Kix, the first "puffed" cereal
Breakfast cereal

A breakfast cereal is a Fast moving consumer goods food product intended to be consumed as part of a breakfast. It is usually eaten cold as a ready-to-eat meal and mixed with a liquid, such as milk or water, though occasionally Nut and fruit are also added....
, was introduced in 1937 by the General Mills
General Mills

General Mills is a Fortune 500 corporation, mainly concerned with food products, which is headquartered in Golden Valley, Minnesota, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota....
 cereal company of Golden Valley
Golden Valley, Minnesota

Golden Valley is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, Minnesota, United States. It is a western suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is the main corporate headquarters of General Mills and Pentair....
, Minnesota
Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with just over five million residents....
. Their slogan is "Kid-Tested, Mother-Approved!". Actor Mason Adams
Mason Adams

Mason Adams was an United States character actor....
 was the announcer for most of its commercials in the 1990s.

Kix is an extruded expanded puffed grain
Puffed grain

Puffed grain includes ancient puffed grains like popcorn as well as puffed rice. Modern puffed grains are often created using high pressure.High pressure puffed grain is created by placing whole grains under high pressure with steam....
 product. The grain is processed and expanded (water is added and it is pulverized). Cooking of Kix occurs in the extruder and then the dough is formed into the desired shape as it is extruded through a die. Presumably it is then dried in an oven. Drying reduces weight which is important for shipping the product.

Kix was the first cereal to be manufactured with this process. Before the development of extruded expanded puffed grain cereals, only flake type cereals had been marketed.

General Mills introduced Berry Berry Kix in 1992 and Honey Kix in 2009. food

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