Raisin bran

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title: "Raisin bran" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["products-introduced-in-1926", "kellogg's-cereals", "flaked-breakfast-cereals", "raisin-dishes"] description: "Breakfast cereal containing raisins and bran flakes" topic_path: "general/products-introduced-in-1926" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raisin_bran" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Breakfast cereal containing raisins and bran flakes ::

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Field	Value
name	Raisin bran
image	Kellogg's Raisin Bran – Raisins and Toasted Bran Flakes with milk.jpg
caption	Kellogg's Raisin Bran – Raisins and Toasted Bran Flakes with milk
alternate_name	Sultana bran
type	Breakfast cereal
country	United States
creator	Skinner Manufacturing Company
year	1926
main_ingredient	Wheat, raisins, wheat bran, sugar, brown sugar syrup (Kellogs, US)
minor_ingredient	malt flavour, salt (Kellogs, US)
variations	Sultana bran
serving_size	100 g
no_recipes	false
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History

Skinner's Raisin-BRAN was the first raisin bran brand on the market, introduced in the United States in 1926 by the Skinner Manufacturing Company. With concerns of losing money within grocery store sales, Skinner filed a cease-and-desist in an attempt to keep ownership over his raisin bran product.

The name "Raisin-BRAN" was at one time trademarked by Skinner, however in 1944 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit found:

Now, any brand or manufacturer may create their own version of raisin bran and name it just that.

Ingredients

Ingredients vary from producer to producer, market to market and over time.

In 2020 Kellogg's raisin bran in the United States contains the following ingredients: whole grain wheat, raisins, wheat bran, sugar, brown sugar syrup, malt flavor, salt, and assorted vitamins and minerals. The cereal's vitamin D3 supplementation is made from lanolin, which is an animal product, rendering it as a non-vegan breakfast cereal.

Health

Raisin bran cereal is commonly referred to as a "healthy" breakfast cereal because of its high fiber content, but according to Consumer Reports, Kellogg's Raisin Bran, for example, has a low nutrition rating.

In 1991, Kellogg's complained that the guidelines for the USDA's supplemental assistance WIC program did not allow for the purchase of Kellogg's Raisin Bran for containing too much sugar. Currently, with 17 grams of sugar per cup, it has a higher content of sugar than Lucky Charms, Reese's Puffs, and Cocoa Krispies (all known to be "sugary" cereals).

A serving of Kellogg's Raisin Bran provides 80% of the Daily Value of manganese and 6% of the Daily Value of potassium, both important nutrients for the body.

Research suggests that eating commercially produced raisin bran containing sugared raisins produces acid which can lead to cavities, while home-made raisin bran, created by adding plain, unsugared raisins to bran flakes, produces less of this acid.

While Kellogg's sultana bran received 4.5 stars out of 5 on the Australian Government's Health Star Rating System, sugar is the fourth largest ingredient after wheat, sultanas and wheat bran.

Manufacturers

Other smaller manufacturers exist worldwide.

• Kellogg's – Split into the following two companies in 2023:
  • Kellanova – While consisting mostly of the snack food business of the original Kellogg's, it continues to manufacture and sell cereals, including raisin bran, outside North America.
  • WK Kellogg Co – The North American cereal division of the original Kellogg's, operating in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean.
• Post Consumer Brands
• General Mills

References

References

1. "Cereals That Aren't as Healthy as They Sound - Consumer Reports News".
2. Dockter, Mason. (15 November 2017). "A brief history of a raisin bran conflict".
3. [https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=5583365039982891976&hl=en&as_sdt=400006 Skinner v. Kellogg] 143 F.2d 895. August 4, 1944.
4. "SmartLabel".
5. (2010-06-28). "Raisin Bran Deconstructed - Sugar and Fiber Math".
6. Cudmore, Dale. (2019-01-18). "Is Kellogg's Raisin Bran Cereal Vegan?".
7. (2012-04-18). "Animal-Derived Ingredients Resource {{!}} Living".
8. "Kellogg Raisin' a Fuss; Cereal Maker Says WIC Food Guidelines Barring Bran as Too Sugary Are All Wet". The Washington Post.
9. (23 April 2010). "Worst Cereals {{!}} Cancer Survivors Network".
10. "SmartLabel".
11. (19 December 2009). "Bran flakes with raisins and added sugar promote plaque acid".
12. Han, Esther. (20 April 2015). "Food health star ratings: Kellogg's reveals the cereal that gets 1.5 stars". The Sydney Morning Herald.
13. "Kellogg's® Sultana Bran® {{!}} Kellogg's Australia".

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