Granolas

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A type of food typically made from oats, nuts, and honey, often eaten as a snack or breakfast option
2. A mixture characterized by crunchy baked ingredients including grains, seeds, and dried fruits
3. Health-oriented snack or cereal known for its wholesome ingredients and clustering due to sweeteners or fats

Etymology: The most surprising part is that the name was first attached to a cereal invented by a man who lost the naming rights. In 1863, James Caleb Jackson created a breakfast cereal he called Granula, after the granules of Graham flour that made up its base. Decades later, Will Keith Kellogg registered a similar product under the name Granola in 1886, and the change of spelling was made to avoid legal trouble with Jackson. Kellogg's cereal faded, and the name lay mostly dormant until the 1960s, when the food and the name were revived. By 1967 the word appears in American English. Its exact source is uncertain: it may come from Italian "grano", meaning grain, or from "granular", with the commercial suffix "-ola" added, a pattern seen in many brand names. "Granolas" is simply the plural of "granola", used when referring to several individual bars or servings.

Synonyms: cereal, muesli, oatmeal, breakfast food, snack