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Chex Mix
Chex Mix (stylized as Chex mix) is a type of snack mix that includes Chex breakfast cereal (sold by General Mills) as a major component. There are many recipes (often printed on Chex cereal boxes) for homemade Chex Mix, also known as Chex Party Mix, which predates the commercial version by thirty-odd years. Though contents vary, the mixes generally include an assortment of Chex cereals, chips, hard breadsticks, pretzels, nuts or bagel bites. There are also commercially sold pre-made varieties of Chex Mix sold by the maker of Chex Cereals. History of Chex Party Mix Wheat Chex cereal was introduced in 1937 and Rice Chex in 1950 by Ralston Purina. In 1952 an advertisement for Chex party mix appeared in Life Magazine with a recipe that included Wheat and Rice Chex. In 1958 Corn Chex was introduced and added to the recipe. However, it was not until 1985 that pre-packaged products were introduced commercially by Ralston Purina and the trademarks registered to it. "Original Chex P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snack Mix
Snack mix is a subset of snack foods consisting of multiple snack items. Popular snack mixes are as follows: * Bridge mix – Nuts, raisins (or other dried fruit), and candy, all covered in chocolate. *Chex Mix – Rice, corn and/or wheat Chex, peanuts, pretzels, and usually bagel chips. Chex cereal was introduced in 1937 by Ralston Purina. *Gardetto's – Bread sticks, rye chips, and pretzels made by General Mills, owner of the similar Chex Mix. * Munchies – A prepackaged snack mix made by and with Frito-Lay products such as Doritos, Cheetos, Rold Gold Pretzels, and Sun Chips. *Trail mix – These generally contain granola, raisins, nuts, and chocolate chips or M&M's Popular brands include Planter’s Nuts And Chocolate Trail Mix (from KraftHeinz), and Kirkland Signature Trail Mix (from Costco Wholesale). *Tropical Fruit Snack Mix – Dried pineapples, dried papayas, dried mangos, dried apples, dried bananas and raisins. *Bombay mix, also known by other names (saloonia, ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Mills
General Mills, Inc., is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of branded processed consumer foods sold through retail stores. Founded on the banks of the Mississippi River at Saint Anthony Falls in Minneapolis, the company originally gained fame for being a large flour miller. Today, the company markets many well-known North American brands, including Gold Medal flour, Annie's Homegrown, Lärabar, Cascadian Farm, Betty Crocker, Yoplait, Nature Valley, Totino's, Pillsbury, Old El Paso, Häagen-Dazs, as well as breakfast cereals under the General Mills name, including Cheerios, Chex, Lucky Charms, Trix, Cocoa Puffs and Count Chocula and the other monster cereals. It is headquartered in Golden Valley, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. History Washburn-Crosby Company The company can trace its history to the Minneapolis Milling Company, incorporated in 1856. The company was founded by Illinois Congressman Robert Smith, who leased power rights to flou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralston Purina
Ralston Purina Company was a St. Louis, Missouri,–based American conglomerate with substantial holdings in animal feed, food, pet food, consumer products, and entertainment. On December 12, 2001, it merged with Swiss food-giant Nestlé's Friskies division to form Nestlé Purina PetCare Company. History Ralston Purina (originally Ralston-Purina) traces its roots to 1894, when founder William H. Danforth established the animal feed company Purina Mills. Danforth formed a partnership with George Robinson; William Andrews entered the business of feeding farm animals by founding the Robinson-Danforth Commission Company. Its predominant brand for each animal was generally referred to as "Chow"; hence "Purina Horse Chow", "Purina Dog Chow", "Purina Cat Chow", "Purina Rabbit Chow", "Purina Pig Chow", and "Purina Monkey Chow". Later, the company began producing cereal, which received endorsement by Webster Edgerly, founder of Ralstonism, to market Ralston breakfast cereals. E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snack Mix
Snack mix is a subset of snack foods consisting of multiple snack items. Popular snack mixes are as follows: * Bridge mix – Nuts, raisins (or other dried fruit), and candy, all covered in chocolate. *Chex Mix – Rice, corn and/or wheat Chex, peanuts, pretzels, and usually bagel chips. Chex cereal was introduced in 1937 by Ralston Purina. *Gardetto's – Bread sticks, rye chips, and pretzels made by General Mills, owner of the similar Chex Mix. * Munchies – A prepackaged snack mix made by and with Frito-Lay products such as Doritos, Cheetos, Rold Gold Pretzels, and Sun Chips. *Trail mix – These generally contain granola, raisins, nuts, and chocolate chips or M&M's Popular brands include Planter’s Nuts And Chocolate Trail Mix (from KraftHeinz), and Kirkland Signature Trail Mix (from Costco Wholesale). *Tropical Fruit Snack Mix – Dried pineapples, dried papayas, dried mangos, dried apples, dried bananas and raisins. *Bombay mix, also known by other names (saloonia, ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chex
Chex is an American brand of breakfast cereal currently manufactured by General Mills. It was originally produced and owned by Ralston Purina of St. Louis, Missouri, using the name Chex starting in 1950. The Chex brand went with corporate spinoff Ralcorp in 1994. and was then sold to General Mills in 1997. Rival cereal company Kellogg's has the rights to the Chex brand in South Korea and Singapore. The name "Chex" reflects the "checkerboard square" logo of Ralston Purina. For many years, advertisements for the cereal featured the characters from Charles Schulz's ''Peanuts'' comic strip. History Chex cereal traces its lineage back to Shredded Ralston, which was first produced in the late 1930s. One 1936 grocery store advertisement for the cereal described it as, "ready to eat, made from pure whole wheat . . . Cooked, shredded, and toasted to a delicious golden brown; new in flavor." Bite-sized Shredded Ralston was described in one early promotional article as whole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Brown
Charles "Charlie" Brown is the principal character of the comic strip '' Peanuts'', syndicated in daily and Sunday newspapers in numerous countries all over the world. Depicted as a "lovable loser," Charlie Brown is one of the great American archetypes and a popular and widely recognized cartoon character. Charlie Brown is characterized as a person who frequently suffers, and as a result, is usually nervous and lacks self-confidence. He shows both pessimistic and optimistic attitudes: on some days, he is apprehensive to even go outside because his day might just be spoiled, but on others, he hopes for the best and tries as much as he can to accomplish things. He is easily recognized by his trademark zigzag patterned shirt. The character's creator, Charles M. Schulz, said that Charlie Brown "must be the one who suffers because he is a caricature of the average person. Most of us are much more acquainted with losing than winning." Despite this, Charlie Brown does not always suff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peanuts (comic Strip)
''Peanuts'' is a syndicated daily and Sunday American comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz. The strip's original run extended from 1950 to 2000, continuing in reruns afterward. ''Peanuts'' is among the most popular and influential in the history of comic strips, with 17,897 strips published in all, making it "arguably the longest story ever told by one human being". At the time of Schulz's death in 2000, ''Peanuts'' ran in over 2,600 newspapers, with a readership of around 355 million in 75 countries, and was translated into 21 languages. It helped to cement the four-panel gag strip as the standard in the United States, and together with its merchandise earned Schulz more than $1 billion. ''Peanuts'' focuses entirely on a social circle of young children, where adults exist but are never seen and rarely heard. The main character, Charlie Brown, is meek, nervous, and lacks self-confidence. He is unable to fly a kite, win a baseball game, or kick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed, Inc. is an American Internet media, news and entertainment company with a focus on digital media. Based in New York City, BuzzFeed was founded in 2006 by Jonah Peretti and John S. Johnson III to focus on tracking viral content. Kenneth Lerer, co-founder and chairman of ''The Huffington Post'', started as a co-founder and investor in BuzzFeed and is now the executive chairman. Originally known for online quizzes, " listicles", and pop culture articles, the company has grown into a global media and technology company, providing coverage on a variety of topics including politics, DIY, animals, and business. In late 2011, BuzzFeed hired Ben Smith of ''Politico'' as editor-in-chief, to expand the site into long-form journalism and reportage. After years of investment in investigative journalism, by 2021 '' BuzzFeed News'' had won the National Magazine Award, the George Polk Award, and the Pulitzer Prize, and was nominated for the Michael Kelly Award. BuzzFeed generat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombay Mix
Bombay mix is an Indian snack mix (namkeen) which consists of a variable mixture of spicy dried ingredients, such as fried lentils, peanuts, chickpeas, chickpea flour ganthiya, corn, vegetable oil, puffed rice, fried onion and curry leaves. This is all flavored with salt and a blend of spices that may include coriander and mustard seeds. Variations Alternative, regional versions include: * In Malaysia and Singapore, it is known as ''kacang putih''. Members of the local Indian community usually refer to it as "mixture" as is done in the southern India. It is available from roadside vendors as well as shops and restaurants. Singaporean supermarket Fairprice refer to their Bombay mix as '' murukku'', which is an entirely different product altogether. * In southern states such as Tamil Nadu and Kerala, it is known as just "mixture", and is available in almost all the sweet shops and bakeries. Usually it consists of fried peanuts, ''thenkuzhal'', ''kara boondhi'', roasted '' chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gardetto's
Gardetto's is a brand of snack mix owned by General Mills, which also owns the similar Chex Mix. The Gardetto Family Bakery was founded in 1932 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin by Baptiste and Diane Gardetto and acquired by General Mills in 1999. According to the packaging, it was at the bakery that Judy Gardetto took the trimmings of breadsticks and mixed them in along with other snack bits and a blend of special seasonings. In 1981, Judy Gardetto began baking breadstick ends marinated in oil, garlic and Worcestershire sauce in her own oven. Her family produced them at the bakery plant and initially sold them as "Gardetto's Snak-Ens" to bars and restaurants in 10-pound bags. Her father added pretzels, rye chips and Chex cereal to the mix and began selling them "Gardetto's Deluxe Snak-Ens". It was initially marketed to high-end shops in the midwest. In 1987, the company began selling 1.75-oz bags in vending machines, and attributed demand taking off to this decision. The product name wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Brand Name Snack Foods
This is a list of brand name snack foods. A snack or snack food is a portion of food often smaller than a regular meal, generally eaten between meals. Snacks come in a variety of forms including packaged and processed foods and items made from fresh ingredients at home. Brand name snack foods Asia Europe Oceania A * Adyar Ananda Bhavan A2B brand in South India B * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * C * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * D * * (chocolate) * * * * * * E * * F * * * * * * * * * * * G * * H * * * * * * * * * I * J * * * * * * * K * * * * * * * * L * * * * * * * * M * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * N * * (British snack) * (South African snack) * * O * * * * P * * * * * * * * * * * Q * R * * * * * * * * * S * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * T * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
