Frosted Flakes or Frosties is a

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, produced by the

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and consisting of

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-coated

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. It was introduced in the

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, in 1952, as "Sugar Frosted Flakes". The word "sugar" was dropped from the name in 1983. Generic versions, such as

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, are also available. Unlike many cereals, such as

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, Shreddies and

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, the name “Frosted Flakes” is so generic that it cannot be trademarked, and thus it often shares its name with competitors.

International names

* Frosted Flakes (

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and

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) * Frosties ( UK,

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Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, most

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nations, and

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an and Middle East countries; formerly Frostis in

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) * Zucaritas in the U.S. and

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(the word translates as "little sugary things") * Sucrilhos in

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(a fusion of sugar + crunch + milho) * Corn Frosty (コーンフロスティ) in

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

* Corn Frost (콘푸로스트) in

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Popularity

Frosted Flakes was the second-best-selling cereal in the first half of 2017 within the US in gross sales, after

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Marketing

Mascots

Tony the Tiger Tony the Tiger is the advertising cartoon mascot for Kellogg's Frosted Flakes (also known as Frosties) breakfast cereal, appearing on its packaging and advertising. Tony has also been the mascot for related cereals such as Tony's Cinnamon K ...

has been the mascot of Frosted Flakes since its introduction. Tony is known for saying the cereal's slogan: "They're Gr-r-reat!" (the "r"s in "Great" being drawn-out). Tony the Tiger was originally voiced by

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, but

Thurl Ravenscroft Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft (; February 6, 1914May 22, 2005) was an American actor and bass singer. He was known as one of the booming voices behind Kellogg's Frosted Flakes animated spokesman Tony the Tiger for more than five decades. He was al ...

voiced him for more than 50 years, until his death in 2005. Tony was later voiced (in Canada and the US) by former professional wrestling play-by-play announcer Lee Marshall until his death on April 27, 2014. After Marshall's death, he was replaced with

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. In the UK, Tom Hill voiced Tony after Ravenscroft's death. Tony is drawn wearing a red

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on all Frosted Flakes cereal boxes.

Sponsorship

* Kellogg's was a major sponsor of '' Adventures of Superman'' throughout most of the 1950s. Many of the Frosted Flakes commercials featuring the show's star

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are available on the DVD release of the series' first season. * Frosted Flakes is a sponsor of Challenger Sports British Soccer Camps. * From the mid 1990s to the mid 2000s, Frosted Flakes was a sponsor of children's programming on

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, including '' Sagwa'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Varieties

and the

: *Frosted Rice, a

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variant introduced in 1977, similar to Frosted Rice Krispies and Ricicles. Featured a younger, similar mascot named Tony Jr. *Birthday Confetti Frosted Flakes, a 1997 cake-flavored version. Discontinued in 1997. *Cocoa Frosted Flakes, a 1997 cocoa-flavored version. Discontinued in 2000. *Tony's Cinnamon Krunchers, a 2003 cinnamon-flavored variant. Discontinued around 2005. *Whole Grain Tiger Power, a 2005 version with added protein, fiber and calcium, very similar to

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. Discontinued in 2006. *Tony's Turboz, a 2005 meal replacement variant similar to Whole Grain Tiger Power. Available only in Canada. *Frosted Flakes Gold, a 2008 honey-flavored variant. Reintroduced in 2018 as Honey Nut Frosted Flakes. *Frosted Flakes Chocolate, a 2011 chocolate-flavored version. Reintroduced in 2013. *Banana Frosted Flakes, a variant with flakes containing banana introduced in 1981. Discontinued in 1984. *Cinnamon Frosted Flakes, a 2016 cinnamon-flavored version. *Banana Creme Frosted Flakes, a limited edition banana creme-flavored version introduced in 2019. *Cereal With Marshmallows, Variant of frosted flakes that includes vanilla flavored marshmallows *Cinnamon French Toast, New flakes that are bursting with cinnamon sweetness *Strawberry Milkshake, Strawberry flavor that makes milk into strawberry milk *Cereal Bar, Bar made with traditional Frosted Flakes and marshmallows holding it together In the UK and

: *Toffee Flavoured Frosties, Frosties with the taste of toffee (Tony - ''New Kelloggs Toffee Flavoured Frosties, an explosion of toffee taste, for a limited time only, they're gr-r-reat!''). Limited time only. *Frosties Chocolate, Frosties with the taste of chocolate (Tony - ''New Kelloggs Frosties Chocolate, discover the dark side!''). Discontinued. *Frosties Stripes, Frosties in the shape of

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symbols. Discontinued. *Reduced Sugar Frosties, Frosties with a third less sugar than regular Frosties. In

: *Sucrilhos Sabor Chocolate, chocolate-flavored Frosted Flakes. *Sucrilhos Power Pops, chocolate-flavored puffs, as opposed to flakes. Previously known as Sucrilhos Power. *Sucrilhos Sabor Banana, banana-flavored Frosted Flakes. Discontinued. *Sucrilhos Sabor Brigadeiro,

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-flavored Frosted Flakes. Limited. *Sucrilhos Sabor Canela, cinnamon-flavored Frosted Flakes. Limited. *Sucrilhos Sabor Doce de Leite,

dulce de leche ''Dulce de leche'' (; pt, doce de leite), also known as caramelized milk, milk candy or milk jam in English, is a confection from Latin America prepared by slowly heating sugar and milk over a period of several hours. The resulting substance, wh ...

-flavored Frosted Flakes. Limited. In 2020 Sucrilhos also started to be sold in the form of cookies. In

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: *Zucaritas Frutilla, strawberry-flavored Frosted Flakes. *Choco Zucaritas, chocolate-flavored Frosted Flakes. In

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

: *Choco Zucaritas, chocolate-flavored Frosted Flakes. In

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: *Zucaritas Arequipe, caramel-flavored Frosted Flakes. Discontinued. *Zucaritas Power Balls, sphere-shaped Frosted Flakes.

Health

Frosted Flakes, under its Australian name of Frosties, received 2 stars out of 5 on the Australian Government's health star ratings.

References

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