Sunny Boy Cereal
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Sunny Boy Cereal is a porridge
, or hot cereal, made of wheat
, rye
, and flax
, produced in Camrose, Alberta
, Canada
. The brand name is currently owned by Sunny Boy Foods Ltd. of Edmonton, Alberta but the cereal was originally produced in Camrose, Alberta
by Byers Flour Mills, starting in 1929 It was formulated by Mr. W.H. Byers and was first intended for local consumption within Camrose and District. However, it gradually grew into a nationally accepted product.
It is often consumed with the addition of brown sugar
and cream
.
Sunny Boy Cereal is used in many recipes, including Sunny Boy muffins.
The company that makes Sunny Boy Cereal now makes a variety of products including conventional and organic flours, pancake mixes and other cereals.
Porridge
Porridge is a dish made by boiling oats or other cereal meals in water, milk, or both. It is usually served hot in a bowl or dish...
, or hot cereal, made of wheat
Wheat
Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...
, rye
Rye
Rye is a grass grown extensively as a grain and as a forage crop. It is a member of the wheat tribe and is closely related to barley and wheat. Rye grain is used for flour, rye bread, rye beer, some whiskeys, some vodkas, and animal fodder...
, and flax
Flax
Flax is a member of the genus Linum in the family Linaceae. It is native to the region extending from the eastern Mediterranean to India and was probably first domesticated in the Fertile Crescent...
, produced in Camrose, Alberta
Camrose, Alberta
Camrose is a city in central Alberta, Canada, amid some of the richest farmland in the prairies. It is a relatively small city which originally grew up along a railroad and now grows along Highway 13. Camrose is a scenic community with many parks, leading to its moniker "The Rose City"...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. The brand name is currently owned by Sunny Boy Foods Ltd. of Edmonton, Alberta but the cereal was originally produced in Camrose, Alberta
Camrose, Alberta
Camrose is a city in central Alberta, Canada, amid some of the richest farmland in the prairies. It is a relatively small city which originally grew up along a railroad and now grows along Highway 13. Camrose is a scenic community with many parks, leading to its moniker "The Rose City"...
by Byers Flour Mills, starting in 1929 It was formulated by Mr. W.H. Byers and was first intended for local consumption within Camrose and District. However, it gradually grew into a nationally accepted product.
It is often consumed with the addition of brown sugar
Brown sugar
Brown sugar is a sucrose sugar product with a distinctive brown color due to the presence of molasses. It is either an unrefined or partially refined soft sugar consisting of sugar crystals with some residual molasses content, or it is produced by the addition of molasses to refined white...
and cream
Cream
Cream is a dairy product that is composed of the higher-butterfat layer skimmed from the top of milk before homogenization. In un-homogenized milk, over time, the lighter fat rises to the top. In the industrial production of cream this process is accelerated by using centrifuges called "separators"...
.
Sunny Boy Cereal is used in many recipes, including Sunny Boy muffins.
The company that makes Sunny Boy Cereal now makes a variety of products including conventional and organic flours, pancake mixes and other cereals.