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Roman
Meal Company, Tacoma, Washington |
The Roman Meal Company
has its founding in the desire of Canadian physician Robert
Jackson to emulate what he believed to be the healthy regimen
of Roman soldiers, who purportedly consumed
two pounds of
wheat or rye a day as part of their rations. Jackson started
the company with a hot
mixed-grain breakfast cereal called
Dr. Jackson's Roman Health Meal. In 1927, Jackson's company
was purchased by Tacoma master baker William Matthaei.
Matthaei's family had been in the baking
business since the
first family bakery was opened in Germany in 1686. Matthaei
brought bread into
the Roman Meal company mix and it
continues to be a major focus for the family-owned company.
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