Life (cereal) Life (cereal) Life, stylized as life®, is a breakfast cereal formerly made solely of whole grain oats, but now also containing sugar, corn flour, whole wheat flour, and rice flour. It was introduced in 1961 by the Quaker Oats Company. The cereal is distinguished by its characteristic brown checkered squares, with a finer pattern than Chex cereal. Advertisements for Life cereal sport the slogan ""Life" is full of surprises". , with the advent of numerous specialty varieties, the original cereal is now marketed as "Life Original Multigrain Cereal" with 20 grams of whole grains promoted in a red heart symbol.
Clackers cereal and formulated to be crunchy in milk for longer periods than the mean average for breakfast cereals, Clackers was primarily marketed for those younger than thirteen years of age. But the cereal was not a major success for General Mills, partially because the commercials, which many adult viewers considered annoying, actually overshadowed the cereal itself. The untimely delivery of toy dune buggies to be used in a promotion also doomed the cereal to failure. General Mills discontinued production of its Clackers brand in 1973. Clackers cereal Clackers was the name of a breakfast cereal that the General Mills Corporation manufactured