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A bowl of Cheerios.
Cheerios is a popular brand of cereal. It is manufactured by General Mills.[1] It was founded in 1941 as CheeriOats, the first ready-to-eat oat cereal.[2] They are still making cereal, and it is produced worldwide.
1 Currently manufactured by General Mills in the United States and Canada. Produced by Cereal Partners under the Nestlé brand elsewhere. 2 Brand owned by General Mills; US and Canadian production rights controlled by Nestlé under license. 3 US production rights owned by The Hershey Company. 4 Canadian production rights owned by The Hershey Company. 5 US rights and production owned by Smarties Candy Company, with a different product. 6 US rights and specific trade dress owned by Nestlé; rights elsewhere owned by Associated British Foods. 7 Produced by Cereal Partners, branded as Nestlé. 8 Produced by Cereal Partners, and Branded Nestlé in The United Kingdom, and Ireland. Produced by Post Foods, elsewhere. 9 Philippine production rights is owned by Alaska Milk Corporation. 10 Used in Indonesia, Thailand, and Cambodia. 11 Used in the Philippines. 12 Used in Brazil.
