Cheerios
It's from 1941, before you were born.
- Maker
- General Mills
- Type
- Oat cereal
- Debuted
- 1941
- Note
- originally "CheeriOats"
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About
As of 2026, it's 85 years old.
Cheerios are the most responsible cereal in the aisle, and they know it. Plain, whole-grain, lightly sweetened little O's, they spent decades being marketed at your heart health while also serving as the very first finger food approximately every toddler on Earth has ever chased across a high-chair tray.
First sold in 1941 (as the catchier 'CheeriOats'), they pull off the rare trick of being equally at home with a retiree watching their cholesterol and a one-year-old wearing more than they eat.
Humble, crunchy, and quietly everywhere, the Cheerio is the cereal that's been responsibly holding the pantry together for generations.
Cheerios through the years
Debuts as CheeriOats
The first ready-to-eat oat cereal of its kind.
Renamed Cheerios
Honey Nut Cheerios arrives
A sweeter spin-off goes on to outsell the original.
