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From: Quaker


This cereal was described on the box as "the delicious high protein cereal", a description that had also appeared on boxes of Life Cereal without raisins.

The earliest mention of Raisin Life we've found so far was in a supermarket circular called the Pinedale Roundup in 1985. Someone posted a picture of a cereal box on this website saying it was from 1984. We've been unable to verify the exact year of introduction.

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By cereal-king (Team Breakfast Member)

The box pictured has 1984 on a small flap, and the offer on the back expired in September 1985. This is a late 1984 box, and given that it does not say NEW on the front, - this cereal came out at least in early 1984.

Comment submitted: 1/8/2012 (#6146)