# Generics vs brand name breakfast cereals **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [January 5, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generics-vs-brand-name-breakfast-cereals/1012598 "2025-01-05T22:57:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generics-vs-brand-name-breakfast-cereals/1012598/41 "2025-01-08T03:57:23Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > Finally my art director said, “I’m not really a beer drinker, but I buy the generic brand because the black and white cans look good with my apartment’s decor.” Outstanding. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generics-vs-brand-name-breakfast-cereals/1012598/42 "2025-01-09T00:09:09Z")
I vaguely remember the Raisin Bran with bananas but not the cranberries. I might like the cranberry version. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generics-vs-brand-name-breakfast-cereals/1012598/43 "2025-01-09T00:33:01Z")
I usually thinly slice half a banana 🍌 into my cereal. Tastes great with any cold cereal. I wouldn’t want dehydrated with preservatives pieces of banana added by the factory. I avoid highly processed food as much as possible. ---
**Author:** ![sunacres](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@sunacres](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunacres)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generics-vs-brand-name-breakfast-cereals/1012598/44 "2025-01-09T01:01:38Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I avoid highly processed food as much as possible. What do you think breakfast cereal is? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generics-vs-brand-name-breakfast-cereals/1012598/45 "2025-01-09T02:41:11Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > We often drive through Northfield on our way home. I make everyone roll down their windows as we drive past the Malt-O-Meal factory. It smells so good, but I don’t know if I’d want to live across the street from it. The first Facebook group I ever heard of was when either St. Olaf or Carleton College had one named “My School Smells Better Than Yours.” ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generics-vs-brand-name-breakfast-cereals/1012598/46 "2025-01-09T02:48:39Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I wouldn’t want dehydrated with preservatives pieces of banana added by the factory. Strictly speaking, the banana pieces were freeze-dried, so no preservatives were used. They were supposed to rehydrate in milk. They didn’t, at least not very well. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generics-vs-brand-name-breakfast-cereals/1012598/47 "2025-01-09T02:53:24Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > A side observation on the Marshmallow Mateys: > > … I’ve noticed, though, that after literally only a minute in contact with my hand the marshmallows go from crisp to entirely .ushy … I’m wondering if the big name cereal marshmallows are equally quick to failure. I do consider myself a Sweet Immature Cereal aficionado. I could compile a website-worth of reviews (like “The MOM\*s BEST version of Golden Grahams tastes authentically cardboard-ish, but gets soggy immediately. Have your spoon poised as you pour the milk.”) And you’re right, no generic Lucky Charms are half as good as the name brand. They have the “real” fake marshmallows. \*By the way, MOM stands for Malt-O-Meal, but those are boxed instead of bagged. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generics-vs-brand-name-breakfast-cereals/1012598.md?page=2)