Why is Grape Nuts cereal called that?

Question

when it contains neither grapes, nor nuts?

Answer 1

When it came out as a health food, the fact that it was made with dextrose, also called grape sugar, was tauted as a health benefit. Its hard crunchy nuggets are like nuts.

Answer 2

Grape-Nuts is a breakfast cereal developed by C. W. Post in 1897. Post was a patient and later competitor of the 19th-century breakfast food innovator, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg. Neither grapes nor nuts have ever been ingredients in the cereal. The original formula for Grape-Nuts called for grape sugar, which is composed mostly of glucose unlike most other sugar sources and food sweeteners which are principally sucrose. This, combined with the "nutty" flavor of the cereal inspired its name. But some employees at Post claim that the cereal got its name because the tiny nuggets resemble grape seeds or grape "nuts".

Answer 3

One of the first ready-to-eat cereal products ever made available to the public, Grape-Nuts was first introduced in 1897. Made of wheat and malted barley, Grape-Nuts was so named because its inventor, Charles William Post, said that grape sugar was formed during the baking process and described the cereal as having a nutty flavor. Post was a pioneer in introducing and making popular cereal, a food product that today has become a standard breakfast staple.

Answer 4

It is a marketing scam. I am thinking about suing them for false advertisement. No grapes and no nuts. If there was truth in advertising, it would be called Gravel Cereal.

Answer 5

not sure but i know when you bite into them they are as hard as a grape seed....unless you heat them up then they are really good.no real fruit in fruit loops....

Answer 6

Just the namesake.

Answer 7

no idea but it's one of my favorite cereals.