Cereal

Cereal usually refers to a type of grass that is grown to be eaten. Some, such as wheat, are mostly used to feed people. Some are fed to cattle, and lesser amounts are used for other purposes.

It is a common breakfast meal. The kind of cereal eaten for breakfast is called breakfast cereal. This is made of grain, and usually eaten with milk in the United States.^[1] It is often sweetened with sugar, syrup, or fruit.^[1]

The word "cereal" comes from 'Ceres', the name of the Roman goddess of harvest and agriculture. Grains are called corn in the United Kingdom and Ireland, but in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand corn means maize.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "breakfast cereal -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia". britannica.com. 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.