raisin bran

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. For 17 years, Skinner had ownership over the product's name, until Kellogg's and Post began to sell their own versions of raisin bran.{{Cite web|url=https://siouxcityjournal.com/coffee_break/a-brief-history-of-a-raisin-bran-conflict/article_1f7841d5-4200-5c3d-b7a1-90ffc25d30b6.html|title=A brief history of a raisin bran conflict|last=Dockter|first=Mason|website=Sioux City Journal|date=15 November 2017 |language=en|access-date=2019-11-18}} 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:

::The name "Raisin-BRAN" could not be appropriated as a trade-mark, because: "A name which is merely descriptive of the ingredients, qualities or characteristics of an article of trade cannot be appropriated as a trademark and the exclusive use of it afforded legal protection. The use of a similar name by another to truthfully describe his own product does not constitute a legal or moral wrong, even if its effect be to cause the public to mistake the origin or ownership of the product."[https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=5583365039982891976&hl=en&as_sdt=400006 Skinner v. Kellogg] 143 F.2d 895. August 4, 1944.

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

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.{{Cite web|title=SmartLabel|url=http://smartlabel.kelloggs.com/Product/Index/00038000596650#ingredients|access-date=2020-06-17|website=smartlabel.kelloggs.com|archive-date=2020-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618155159/http://smartlabel.kelloggs.com/Product/Index/00038000596650#ingredients|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|date=2010-06-28|title=Raisin Bran Deconstructed - Sugar and Fiber Math|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/raisin-bran-deconstructed_b_552981|access-date=2020-06-17|website=HuffPost|language=en}} The cereal's vitamin D3 supplementation is made from lanolin, which is an animal product, rendering it as a non-vegan breakfast cereal.{{Cite web|last=Cudmore|first=Dale|date=2019-01-18|title=Is Kellogg's Raisin Bran Cereal Vegan?|url=https://vegfaqs.com/is-kelloggs-raisin-bran-cereal-vegan/|access-date=2020-06-17|website=VegFAQs|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2012-04-18|title=Animal-Derived Ingredients Resource {{!}} Living|url=https://www.peta.org/living/food/animal-ingredients-list/|access-date=2020-06-17|website=PETA|language=en-US}}

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.{{cite news|title=Kellogg Raisin' a Fuss; Cereal Maker Says WIC Food Guidelines Barring Bran as Too Sugary Are All Wet|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1081023.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105221404/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1081023.html|archive-date=2012-11-05|access-date=2008-03-20|newspaper=The Washington Post}} 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).{{Cite web|title=Worst Cereals {{!}} Cancer Survivors Network|url=https://csn.cancer.org/node/190799|access-date=2019-11-18|website=csn.cancer.org|date=23 April 2010 }}

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.{{Cite web|title=SmartLabel|url=http://smartlabel.kelloggs.com/Product/Index/00038000596650|access-date=2020-06-17|website=smartlabel.kelloggs.com}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.news-medical.net/news/20091219/Bran-flakes-with-raisins-and-added-sugar-promote-plaque-acid.aspx|title=Bran flakes with raisins and added sugar promote plaque acid|date=19 December 2009}}

While Kellogg's sultana bran received 4.5 stars out of 5 on the Australian Government's Health Star Rating System,{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/business/retail/food-health-star-ratings-kelloggs-reveals-the-cereal-that-gets-15-stars-20150420-1mop9e.html|title=Food health star ratings: Kellogg's reveals the cereal that gets 1.5 stars|first=Esther|last=Han|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=20 April 2015}} sugar is the fourth largest ingredient after wheat, sultanas and wheat bran.{{Cite web | title=Kellogg's® Sultana Bran® {{!}} Kellogg's Australia | url=https://www.kelloggs.com.au/en_AU/products/sultana-bran-product.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326031443/https://www.kelloggs.com.au/en_AU/products/sultana-bran-product.html | access-date=2025-02-16 | archive-date=2018-03-26}}

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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

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• [https://www.postconsumerbrands.com/raisin-bran/ Raisin Bran (Post Consumer Brands)]
• [https://www.wkkellogg.com/our-foods/our-brands/raisin-bran Raisin Bran (WKKellogg)] (US)

• [http://www.scq.ubc.ca/?p=572 A quantitative analysis of Kellogg's Raisin Bran] (Science Creative Quarterly)

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Category:Products introduced in 1926

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