Roman Meal Company was an American
bread
Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour (usually wheat) and water, usually by baking. Throughout recorded history and around the world, it has been an important part of many cultures' diet. It is one of the oldest human-made f ...
company with headquarters in
Fargo, North Dakota
Fargo ( /ˈfɑɹɡoʊ/) is a city in and the county seat of Cass County, North Dakota, United States. According to the 2020 census, its population was 125,990, making it the most populous city in the state and the 219th-most populous city in ...
. Founded in
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma ( ) is the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. A port city, it is situated along Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, Washington, Olympia, and northwest of Mount ...
, in 1912, the company focused on
whole-grain
A whole grain is a grain of any cereal and pseudocereal that contains the endosperm, cereal germ, germ, and bran, in contrast to refined grains, which retain only the endosperm.
As part of a general healthy diet, consumption of whole grains is a ...
products, including bread, hot
cereal
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, and
snack bar
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Description
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s.
History
The Roman Meal Company was founded on the principles that
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
physician Robert Jackson believed to have been the components of the healthful regimen of
Roman soldiers
This is a list of Roman army units and bureaucrats.
*'' Accensus'' – Light infantry men in the armies of the early Roman Republic, made up of the poorest men of the army.
*'' Actuarius'' – A military who served food.
*''Adiutor'' – A camp o ...
, who purportedly consumed two pounds of wheat or rye in their daily rations. Jackson's first product was a hot mixed-grain breakfast cereal called Dr. Jackson's Roman Health Meal. In 1927, Tacoma master baker William Matthaei, whose family had been in the baking business in Germany since 1686, purchased the company. Matthaei added bread to the Roman Meal company product roster, and it continues to be a major focus of the family-owned company.
The North American rights to the Roman Meal trademark for bread, buns, rolls were sold to
Flowers Foods
Flowers Foods, headquartered in Thomasville, Georgia, is a producer and marketer of packed bakery food. The company operates 47 bakeries producing bread, buns, rolls, snack cakes, pastries, and tortillas. Flowers Foods' products are sold regi ...
in early 2015.
US-Based Licensees
Flowers Foods: Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Mexico, United States (All states except Hawaii), United States territories (All territories except Guam)
Love’s Bakery: Hawaii
American Bakery: Guam
International licensees
Roman Meal bread is baked locally and distributed in Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Hong Kong.
Okiko Co. Ltd., Japan
Pasco Shikishima Corporation, Japan
Takaki Bakery
is a Japanese bakery based in Hiroshima, Japan. It was the first company of the Andersen Institute of Bread and Life group of companies.
History
The original bakery was founded in Hijiyama-Hon-machi, Hiroshima by Mr. and Mrs. Takaki in Aug ...
Co., Ltd., Japan
Nichiryo Co., Ltd., Japan
Yamazaki Baking
is a Japanese food company and the world's largest bread-baking corporation, that makes bread, bakery products and confectionery. It was established by Tojuro Iijima in Japan on 9 March 1948 and started mass production of bread in 1955, and is s ...
Co., Ltd., Japan
Ryoyu Co., Ltd., Japan
SPC Group
SPC Group is a South Korean food company based in Seoul that manufactures food, bread and confectionery products. Sangmidang, the precursor of Samlip General Food was founded in 1945, and the group was launched in 2004. SPC Group is one of the ...
, Korea
The Garden Company Limited
The Garden Company Limited () is a Hong Kong-based bakery and confectionery manufacturer. The company was one of the first Chinese owned businesses created to sell modern-style food products in the territory. They also made bread and confectione ...
, Hong Kong
President Bakery PCL., Thailand
File:RomanMealJapan.jpg, Roman Meal Bread produced by Takaki Bakery
is a Japanese bakery based in Hiroshima, Japan. It was the first company of the Andersen Institute of Bread and Life group of companies.
History
The original bakery was founded in Hijiyama-Hon-machi, Hiroshima by Mr. and Mrs. Takaki in Aug ...
in Japan.
See also
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Graham bread
Graham bread is a name for whole wheat bread that was inspired by the teachings of famous health reformer Sylvester Graham.
History
Sylvester Graham was a 19th-century health reformer who argued that a vegetarian diet, anchored by bread that w ...
*
Whole wheat bread
Whole wheat bread or wholemeal bread is a type of bread made using flour that is partly or entirely milled from whole or almost-whole wheat grains, see whole-wheat flour and whole grain. It is one kind of brown bread. Synonyms or near-synonyms ...
References
External links
* {{Official website, https://www.flowersfoods.com/
Food and drink companies of the United States
American companies established in 1912
Food and drink companies established in 1912