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From: Kellogg's
Introduced in 1922


One of the first slogans for this cereal was "the peppy bran food". It was later subtitled, "the solar cereal".

A 1926 magazine advertisement described the cereal this way:

Pep is a wonder! A ready-to-eat cereal with a marvelous flavor! Fills you with glorious pep! Builds health, stamina, strength!

Pep is packed with nature's own health-bringing elements. Keeps you robust, alert, alive!

Pep is wonderfully fine for everybody. Contains bran - therefore mildly laxative. Helps stop constipation!

Pep is a real food for children. Helps make them regular. Keeps them in romping health. And they love Pep's delicious flavor!

Pep preserves the family pep. Serve it tomorrow. Your grocer has pep!


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Overall Average Rating = 4 (out of 5)

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By Daddy Breakfast

Great article! Using this for a school project! Thanks, Mr Breakfast! Have a great day.

Comment submitted: 1/27/2020 (#24836)



By Phuzzy

Cereal Rating (out of 5):

Light and flaky - not hard and crunchy like other flake cereals. Yes, it DID get MUSHY, but that made it even BETTER!

Comment submitted: 2/25/2018 (#22760)



By Pep Blondie

I'm looking for the Pep Blondies recipe. Does anyone know it?

Comment submitted: 7/14/2017 (#22009)



By jimb

Cereal Rating (out of 5):

Pep became a soggy mess in the bowl... like eating Cream of Wheat cold. We only bought it once and nobody liked it.

Comment submitted: 5/5/2017 (#21720)



By bohoki

After listening to the old Superman radio show, I really want some Pep. I want to know what it was like. Kellogg's said it was like the flakes from Raisin Bran, but I want a real report. And after listening to the old Dragnet radio show, it's a good thing Fatima cigarettes are discontinued or I might take up smoking.

Comment submitted: 3/13/2017 (#21485)



By D.D.C.

Vitamins for Pep / Pep for Vitamins / So the harder a wife works / the cuter she looks!

Comment submitted: 10/19/2015 (#19569)



By drummar8by2 (Team Breakfast Member)

Cereal Rating (out of 5):

Pep was my absolute favorite as I grew up in the late 50's and early 60's. I loved Pep... Cheerios too, but I loved Pep more... even better than Wheaties!

Comment submitted: 8/1/2015 (#19272)



By DJ8

Cereal Rating (out of 5):

I loved Pep. Didn't even have to put sugar on top. Better than Wheaties or any other flake cereals.

Comment submitted: 3/9/2015 (#18704)



By Collector

I just found a button featuring PEP Cereal inside a 1917 Brunswick wind up Phonograph and was wondering how old it was.

Comment submitted: 3/2/2015 (#18661)



By Army Vet.

Cereal Rating (out of 5):

I was in the Army during the 60's and had Pep wheat for breakfast every morning. Now I can not find it in the stores. Why is that? Did they quit making them?

Comment submitted: 10/13/2013 (#14978)



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