# If ignorance were corn flakes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-ignorance-were-corn-flakes/356904>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [May 16, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-ignorance-were-corn-flakes/356904 "2006-05-16T00:21:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-ignorance-were-corn-flakes/356904/1 "2006-05-16T00:21:41Z")

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In the [corn and Claudius](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=141636&highlight=corn+flakes+general+mills) thread, **Kat** states that General Mills doesn’t make corn flakes. [This](http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e260/dogbutler/Misc/Picture107.jpg) is no longer [true](http://www.calorie-count.com/calories/item/8269.html).

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**Author:** ![John\_W.Kennedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_w.kennedy/32/1031_2.png) [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-ignorance-were-corn-flakes/356904/2 "2006-05-16T01:28:35Z")

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General Mills’ “Country Corn Flakes” have been around for yonks, but (apparently) only regionally.