In this June 18, 2020, file photo, a Cream of Wheat box, featuring an African American character named Rastus, sits at a home in San Diego, Calif.

Therefore, we are removing the chef image from all Cream of Wheat packaging." The breakfast cereal of enriched farina has long been criticized for the use of a smiling Black chef on its packaging ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Cream of Wheat will change its packaging to remove a Black chef character some say perpetuates racist stereotypes, The New York Times reported. The “Rastus” chara… ...

B&G Foods Inc. in Parsippany will remove the image of a Black chef from the packaging of its Cream of Wheat products after the company announced its immediate review in June. A Cream of Wheat box ...

Another company is changing the logo of one of its products due to racial insensitivity. B&G Foods announced that the Black chef will no longer appear on its Cream of Wheat packaging, according to ...

A box of Cream of Wheat is shown in Detroit, Thursday, June 14, 2007. By Peter Sblendorio | [email protected] | New York Daily News UPDATED: June 18, 2020 at 8:13 PM EST ...

The Black chef will no longer appear on Cream of Wheat packaging where he was the face of the brand for more than a century, the product’s parent company announced in a decision that comes three ...

LESLIE, Mich. (AP) - A man widely believed to be the model for the smiling chef on Cream of Wheat boxes finally has a grave marker bearing his name. Frank L. White died in 1938, and until this ...

A box of Cream of Wheat is displayed on a counter, Thursday, June 18, 2020 in White Plains, N.Y. B&G Foods Inc., which makes Cream of Wheat hot cereal, said it is initiating “an immediate review ...

By Kelly McCarthy September 28, 2020, 12:15 PM 2:45 In this June 20, 2020, file photo, Cream of Wheat original and maple sugar boxes are seen in Monterey Park, Calif. Kirby Lee/AP, FILE ...

A box of Cream of Wheat is displayed on a counter, Thursday, June 18, 2020 in White Plains, N.Y. Cream of Wheat and Mrs. Butterworth are the latest brands reckoning with racially charged logos.