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In 1894 two brothers running a Michigan sanitarium left boiled wheat standing for a day. It went stale, and rolling it produced flakes instead of sheets. Breakfast has never recovered.

John Harvey and Will Keith Kellogg

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The Kelloggs were trying to make an easily digestible food for patients. The staleness had let the moisture distribute evenly, so each grain flaked separately under the rollers. Patients loved it. The brothers then fell out badly: Will wanted to add sugar and sell it widely, John thought that betrayed the health mission, and they spent years in court over the family name. Will's company became Kellogg's, and the accidental flake became one of the most eaten manufactured foods on Earth.

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Aynı kart, başka bir dilde.

1894'te Michigan'da bir sağlık yurdu işleten iki kardeş, haşlanmış buğdayı bir gün açıkta bıraktı. Bayatladı ve merdaneden geçirmek levha yerine gevrek üretti. Kahvaltı bir daha eskisi gibi olmadı.
John Harvey ve Will Keith Kellogg

Kellogg'lar hastalar için kolay sindirilen bir yiyecek yapmaya çalışıyordu. Bayatlama nemin eşit dağılmasını sağlamıştı, böylece merdanelerin altında her tane ayrı ayrı gevrekleşti. Hastalar bayıldı. Sonra kardeşler fena hâlde bozuştu: Will şeker ekleyip geniş çapta satmak istiyordu, John bunun sağlık amacına ihanet olduğunu düşünüyordu ve yıllarca aile adı için mahkemelik oldular. Will'in şirketi Kellogg's oldu ve kazara ortaya çıkan gevrek, dünyada en çok yenen üretilmiş gıdalardan birine dönüştü.

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