Cereal germ Cereal germ The germ of a cereal is the reproductive part that germinates to grow into a plant; it is the embryo of the seed. Along with bran, germ is often a by-product of the milling that produces refined grain products. Cereal grains and their components, such as wheat germ oil, rice bran oil, and maize, may be used as a source from which vegetable oil is extracted, or used directly as a food ingredient. The germ is retained as an integral part of whole-grain foods. Non-whole grain methods of milling are intended to isolate the endosperm, which is ground
Mr. T Cereal of a packet of Mr. T. stickers, which were packaged inside boxes of the cereal. Some collectors have collected Mr. T. Cereal, and some collectors have retained unopened boxes of it with the cereal still in the box. Mr. T Cereal appeared in the film "Pee Wee's Big Adventure", in which Pee Wee Herman held a box of the cereal and stated "I pity the poor fool that don't eat my cereal." After this, Pee-wee opened the box and poured the cereal over a dish of eggs and pancakes. It is part of the "I pity the fool" catchphrase that