General Mills Honey Nut Cheerios was the best-selling ready-to-eat cereal brand in the United States in 2019. Honey Nut Cheerios generated 481 million dollars in sales in that year.
Honey nut history
Honey Nut Cheerios was introduced by General Mills in 1979 as a sweet variant of their original plain Cheerios. Compared to plain Cheerios, Honey Nut Cheerios have nine time the amount of sugar in the same serving. Also, as of 2006 there are no actual nuts in the cereal, but only flavorings.
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