Over bowls of Quaker oats, Eli and Archie Manning agree their meal is both tasty and heart healthy. However, neither seem to have the heart to watch Eli's rambunctious kids for the whole day.

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1877. Quaker Oats registered as the first trademark for a breakfast cereal. The trademark was registered with the U.S. Patent Office as "a figure of a man in 'Quaker garb. '" Both former owners, Henry Seymour and William Heston, claimed to have selected the Quaker name as a symbol of good quality and honest value.

Henry Parsons CrowellQuaker Oats Company / Founder The Quaker Oats trademark was registered in 1877 by Henry Parsons Crowell (1855–1944), an Ohio milling company owner who in 1891 joined with two other millers, Robert Stuart and Ferdinand Schumacher, in creating the American Cereal Company.

The "Quaker man" is not an actual person. His image is that of a man dressed in the Quaker garb, chosen because the Quaker faith projected the values of honesty, integrity, purity and strength.

Vikas Khanna Expressing his thoughts, Vikas Khanna, the brand ambassador of Quaker Oats, shared, “The Quaker 'Fuel for the Real Fit' campaign celebrates the spirit of 'real fit' ordinary individuals who lead extraordinary lives.

Oat Processing The groats are then cut and turned into a variety of Quaker products: Steel Cut Oats (cut only), Quick 3-Minute Steel Cut Oats (cut and steamed), Old Fashioned Oats (cut and rolled), Quick 1-Minute Oats (cut, rolled, and steamed).

Oats, formally named Avena sativa, is a type of cereal grain from the Poaceae grass family of plants. The grain refers specifically to the edible seeds of oat grass, which is what ends up in our breakfast bowls.

Quaker® Old Fashioned Oats are whole oats that are rolled to flatten them. Quaker® Steel Cut Oats are whole oats that have not been rolled into flakes. Instead, they are cut approximately into thirds. Quick Quaker® Oats are simply cut into slightly smaller pieces so they cook faster.

In 1901, the Quaker Oats Company was founded in New Jersey with headquarters in Chicago, by the merger of four oat mills: the Quaker Mill Company in Ravenna, Ohio, which held the trademark on the Quaker name; the cereal mill in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, owned by John Stuart, his son Robert Stuart, and their partner George ...

England George Fox and the Origins of a Movement. The Quakers originated in England during the mid-17th century, which was a period of significant turmoil.

Turns out his name is not Gus. It's also not William Penn, namesake of Pennsylvania, even though that has been a persistent rumor due to their striking aesthetic similarities. No, it turns out that the Quaker man on the ubiquitous oat brand's packaging is simply called “Larry” by those in the know.