Raisin bran

Template:Short description Template:Infobox food Raisin bran (sultana bran in some countries)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> is a breakfast cereal containing raisins and bran flakes. Raisin bran is manufactured by several companies under a variety of brand names, including the popularly known Kellogg's Two Scoops Raisin Bran, General Mills' Total Raisin Bran, and Post Cereals' Raisin Bran. Though Raisin Bran is generally perceived as a healthier alternative to more sugary cereals, most popular brands of raisin bran contain high amounts of sugar.<ref name="consumerreports.org">Template:Cite web</ref>

History

Skinner's Raisin-BRAN was the first raisin bran brand on the market, introduced in the United States in 1926 by the Skinner Manufacturing Company.<ref name=skinner/> For 17 years, Skinner had ownership over the product's name, until Kellogg's and Post began to sell their own versions of raisin bran.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref> With concerns of losing money within grocery store sales, Skinner filed a cease-and-desist in an attempt to keep ownership over his raisin bran product.<ref name=":1" />

The name "Raisin-BRAN" was at one time trademarked by Skinner, however in 1944 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit found:<ref name=skinner>Skinner v. Kellogg 143 F.2d 895. August 4, 1944.</ref>

Now, any brand or manufacturer may create their own version of raisin bran and name it just that.<ref name=":1" />

Ingredients

Ingredients vary from producer to producer, market to market and over time.

In 2020 Kellogg's raisin bran in the United States contains the following ingredients: whole grain wheat, raisins, wheat bran, sugar, brown sugar syrup, malt flavor, salt, and assorted vitamins and minerals.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The cereal's vitamin D3 supplementation is made from lanolin, which is an animal product, rendering it as a non-vegan breakfast cereal.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Health

Raisin bran cereal is commonly referred to as a "healthy" breakfast cereal because of its high fiber content, but according to Consumer Reports, Kellogg's Raisin Bran, for example, has a low nutrition rating.<ref name="consumerreports.org"/>

In 1991, Kellogg's complained that the guidelines for the USDA's supplemental assistance WIC program did not allow for the purchase of Kellogg's Raisin Bran for containing too much sugar.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Currently, with 17 grams of sugar per cup, it has a higher content of sugar than Lucky Charms, Reese's Puffs, and Cocoa Krispies (all known to be "sugary" cereals).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

A serving of Kellogg's Raisin Bran provides 80% of the Daily Value of manganese and 6% of the Daily Value of potassium, both important nutrients for the body.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Research suggests that eating commercially produced raisin bran containing sugared raisins produces acid which can lead to cavities, while home-made raisin bran, created by adding plain, unsugared raisins to bran flakes, produces less of this acid.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

While Kellogg's sultana bran received 4.5 stars out of 5 on the Australian Government's Health Star Rating System,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> sugar is the fourth largest ingredient after wheat, sultanas and wheat bran.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Manufacturers

Template:Globalise Other smaller manufacturers exist worldwide.

• Kellogg's – Split into the following two companies in 2023:
  • Kellanova – While consisting mostly of the snack food business of the original Kellogg's, it continues to manufacture and sell cereals, including raisin bran, outside North America.
  • WK Kellogg Co – The North American cereal division of the original Kellogg's, operating in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean.
• Post Consumer Brands
• General Mills

See also

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External links

• Raisin Bran (Post Consumer Brands)
• Raisin Bran (WKKellogg) (US)
• A quantitative analysis of Kellogg's Raisin Bran (Science Creative Quarterly)