Boo Berry History
General Mills has always been well-known for its unique and entertaining cereal choices which includes Boo Berry. Boo Berry is just another in the long line of successful products. The company offers a range of delectable cereals, including items such as Count Chocula, Franken Berry, Fruit Brute and Fruity Yummy Mummy.
This particular line was first introduced to the market in 1971. Certain of their flavor varieties have since been removed over the years, but still in production.
When Was Boo Berry Invented?
While the cereal line that is now known as the Monster was introduced with the year 1971. Boo Berry was not really join the cereal line until the year 1973.
Boo Berry was the first blueberry-flavored cereal ever to enter the cereal market in the way we see it today. And while it could have been on the market all year long, however we’re not sure. But, we do know that, since at least 2010, Boo Berry and the other cereals of the line of monster cereals are seasonal.
Who Invented Boo Berry?
Boo Berry was introduced by General Mills. We don’t have a lot of information about the person who came up with the concept.
What we know is it was General Mills began producing a huge cereal line in 1971. The first flavors in that line included Count Chocula and Franken Berry. Additional flavors were added throughout the years, as well. Boo Berry was added in 1973.
Boo Berry was the first-ever blueberry-flavored cereal. It also includes blueberry ghosts as well as some blueberry-flavored marshmallows that are included in the cereal. Other flavors were created following Boo Berry and also. But the only flavors that remain in continuous production include Boo Berry, Franken Berry, and Count Chocula.
Who Owns Boo Berry?
Boo Berry, combined with all the other cereals from the monster cereal line is owned by the General Mills Company.
This cereal , as well as the entire breakfast cereals line were part of General Mills since 1971 (and 1973 for Boo Berry). The cereal has not changed hands or had ownership changes through the years.
How Did Boo Berry Get its Name?
Boo Berry is almost a word by it self. It was designed to complement a range of monster cereals by General Mills.
The character in it is the ghost that carries an blue chain. The cereal is blueberry-flavored and the tiny pieces are ghostly shapes. The cereal is flavored with marshmallows, too however there are higher number of people in ghosts as marshmallows. The advertisements for these cereals made use of names of cereals to refer to its name. It was also the name for the character, which was a ghost whose name was Boo Berry. This is also true for cereals such as Count Chocula and Franken Berry too.
Boo Berry Ingredients
- Whole Grain Corn
- Corn Meal, Sugar
- Marshmallows (sugar modified corn starch, gelatin, corn syrup, malic acid (natural and synthetic flavoring, citric acid blue 1, red 40 and 2)
- Corn Syrup
- Canola Oil
- Salt
- Trisodium Phosphate
- Red 40
- Natural and Artificial Flavor
- Blue 1
- Count Chocula
- Franken Berry
- Boo Berry
- Fruit Brute (not Frute Brute)
- Fruity Yummy Mummy
- Monster Mash
