Muesli (Bircher muesli)
Muesli (Birchermüesli)
- Date
- c. 1900 · confidence medium
- Place
- Zurich, Switzerland
- Credited to
- Maximilian Bircher-Benner
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
A raw mix of oat flakes, fresh fruit, nuts and milk or yogurt devised as a healthy diet for the patients of his sanatorium. It began fibre-rich breakfast cereals.
What it led to
- whole-grain breakfast cereals and granola
- raw-food and vegetarian diets
- commercial muesli brands from the 1950s