Breakfast cereal Many of the different types of porridge were made specially for the royal family including a type of porridge called "pea porridge". This specific dish was made for King Richard II. Oatmeal is popular in the United States however, cereal and oatmeal are not as popular as they used to be due to other portable options. Cereal in the United States is no longer the desired breakfast it once was. A widely popular cereal in the United States is Cheerios, part of the General Mills production. Wheat-based cereals (Cream of Wheat, Malt-o-Meal, Wheatena, etc.) are widely available if less popular.
Trix (cereal) a man taking Trix from a grocery store. Trix (cereal) Trix is a brand of breakfast cereal made by General Mills in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for the North American market and by Cereal Partners (using the Nestlé brand) elsewhere in the world. The cereal consists of fruit-flavored, sweetened, ground-corn pieces. The Trix trademark is also used by Yoplait for a line of yogurt marketed toward children. General Mills introduced Trix in 1954 as a sugar-coated version of its popular cereal, Kix. The original Trix cereal was composed of more than 46% sugar. The original cereal included three colors: "Orangey Orange" (formerly