Total (cereal)

Total is a range of breakfast cereals made by General Mills for the United States market. It consists of whole grain wheat flakes. Some varieties of Total supply 100% of the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) recommended daily allowance for each of the following different vitamins and dietary minerals: vitamin C, calcium, iron, vitamin E, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, folic acid, vitamin B12, pantothenic acid and zinc. The cereal was launched in 1961.

Total cereal flakes

Varieties of Total are:

  • Total
  • Total Cranberry Crunch
  • Total Whole Grain
  • Total Cinnamon Crunch
  • Total Blueberry Pomegranate (note: does not contain actual blueberries or pomegranate)

These varieties provide different amounts of vitamins and minerals than regular Total. For example, Raisin Bran does not provide vitamin C.

Discontinued varieties include:

  • Total Raisin Bran
  • Total Oatmeal
  • Total Corn Flakes
  • Brown Sugar & Oat Total
  • Total Protein

Marketing slogans

Marketing slogans for Total have included:

  • "The Big G Vitamin Cereal" (1960s)
  • "One Bowl, 100%" (typically shown with commercials showing people having to eat a whole stack of bowls of other cereals to get the same 100% nutritional value)
  • "100 Calories. 100%."
  • "Are you getting 100%?"
  • "Total gives 100% so You can be your 100%"
gollark: > By using potatOS, agreeing to be bound by these terms, misusing potatOS, installing potatOS, reading about potatOS, knowing about these terms, knowing anyone who is bound by these terms, disusing potatOS, reading these terms, or thinking of anything related to these terms, you agree to be bound by these terms both until the last stars in the universe burn out and the last black holes evaporate and retroactively, arbitrarily far into the past. This privacy policy may be updated at any time and at all times the latest revision applies.
gollark: > This policy supersedes any applicable federal, national, state, and local laws, regulations and ordinances, policies, international treaties, legal agreements, illegal agreements, or any other agreements that would otherwise apply. If any provision of this policy is found by a court (or other entity) to be unenforceable, it nevertheless remains in force. This organization is not liable and this agreement shall not be construed. We are not responsible for any issue whatsoever at all arising from use of potatOS, potatOS services, anything at all, or otherwise.
gollark: https://osmarks.tk/p3.html#4-4
gollark: > Moreover, Heavpoot (discord ID 160279332454006795, UPID #89VJZ9AK:☭934) is to be considered co-owner of the totality of existence and/or the universe. “Andrew” (Discord ID 543131534685765673, UPID 6ec3837b5260g4b9d█22029e7b474█d63 is at all times incorrect in his beliefs and/or statements, unless this would contradict with other clauses of this policy and/or cause harm to PotatOS or us.
gollark: https://osmarks.tk/p3.html#4-8


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.