Grape-Nuts "actually contains neither grapes nor nuts". The name may have come from the cereal's resemblance to grape seeds, or from its nutty flavor; C. W. Post may also have intended it to refer to its content of glucose, which Post called "grape sugar." Ice cream Grape-Nuts ice cream is a popular regional dish in the Canadian Maritimes, the Shenandoah Valley, Panama, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and New England. One origin story is that it was created by chef Hannah Young at The Palms restaurant in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, in 1919. She created it when she ran out of fresh fruit to add to ice cream and decided to throw in some cereal. It proved popular at the restaurant and the Scotsburn Dairy company began mass-producing the ice cream variety, and it sold across the region. Variations of ice cream with Grape-Nuts are also called brown bread ice cream. See also Granula Bibliography Jones, Evan (1981) American Food: The Gastronomic Story, Random House, Inc. References External links Gallery of classic graphic design featuring Grape-Nuts cereals Burke Family Grape-Nuts TV Commercial Archives Straight Dope answer on "No grapes and no nuts" Post cereals Products introduced in 1897