How Breakfast Cereal Is Made: The Hidden Science Behind the Crunch
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This video explains how breakfast cereal went from an unusual health food to one of the most common foods in modern kitchens. It covers the early story of cereal in the 1800s, why it became tied to breakfast culture, and how many modern cereals are made through extrusion, shaping, drying, coating, and packaging. It also explains why cereal is not made the way most people imagine, why not all cereals use exactly the same process, and how texture, crunch, and shape are carefully engineered before the cereal ever reaches the box.
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