Breakfast cereal in some markets, and steady and continued growth throughout its history. The number of different types of breakfast cereals in the U.S. has grown from 160 (1970) to 340 (1998) to 4,945 (2012). In this highly competitive market, breakfast cereal companies have developed cereals in an ever-increasing number of flavors. Although many plain wheat and oat based cereals exist, other flavors are sweet. Some of the most popular brands include freeze-dried fruit and others are flavored like dessert or candy. Cereal, oatmeal and porridge quickly became an important breakfast component in North America. Barley was a common grain used, though
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal opera webseries, which was released on 25 December 2013. It was released on their Youtube channel on May 3, 2015. The last update to the channel occurred on May 3, 2015. "Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal" was recognized in 2006, and 2007 with the Web Cartoonists' Choice Award for "Outstanding Single Panel Comic". It has been twice nominated for the Award, in 2003, and in 2008. "Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal" has been featured on a variety of websites and blogs, including "The Economist", "Glamour", "Boing Boing", Bad Astronomy, Blastr, "Blues News", Joystiq, and Freakonomics. In a YouTube video on the "SMBC"