Shredded Wheat
Henry Perky, an attorney from Denver, worked with William Henry Ford to create a machine that pressed whole wheat into tiny shreds, and compact them into a biscuit that could be eaten whole or broken up. The goal was to sell the machine that made the shreds, not the shredded wheat product itself. But the biscuit was more popular than the machine, and by 1895, Perky and Ford took out patents on both the biscuit and the manufacturing machines. This biscuit, first used in recipes from potatoes to ice cream and cakes, gained popularity as a breakfast food and became a staple in grocery stores around America.