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The Quaker Oats Company was officially formed in 1901 when several American grain pioneers came together to incorporate the now familiar name. These pioneers were Ferdinand Schumacher, John Stuart, George Douglas and Henry Parsons Crowell.
The "Quaker man" is not an actual person. His image is that of a man dressed in the Quaker garb, chosen because the Quaker faith projected the values of honesty, integrity, purity and strength.
Quick Quaker Oats were first introduced in 1921 when the 20 minute cooking oats were processed to cook in 5 minutes. The processing of Quick Quaker Oats was refined again in the 1950's to produce what we now know as one-minute cooking oats.
Quaker Instant Oatmeal was introduced in 1966, as the "regular" flavor only.
Please understand that each year we are presented with hundreds of proposals to donate product or sponsor events, teams or individuals. As much as we would like to be able to say yes to each and every request, we cannot physically or financially be involved in all of them.
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For insurance, product, and human safety reasons, we do not have tours of our plants or headquarters for the public.