Here’s another weird one for the world’s most expensive food list – the world’s most expensive cereal.
You won’t find this cereal in your regular breakfast cereal box, or on the supermarket shelves – and that’s because there is only one unique “Great Illinois Corn Flake.”
The corn flake, which originated from a box of Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes, was discovered in 2008 by 15-year-old Emily McIntire from Chesapeake, Virginia, who almost ate the two-inch flake because she was rushing to get to school.
“It was almost to my mouth, it didn’t look like Illinois at first because it was held the wrong way,” she told reporters.
She then noticed the flake’s resemblance to the second-largest producer of corn in the US and said: “Oh my goodness, it’s Illinois.”
The rare discovery soon caused a bidding frenzy on eBay, where it was offered with a jewellery box and free shipping to Illinois.
However, the McIntire’s first attempt to sell the Great Flake — an auction that reportedly reached $200,000 — was barred by eBay’s food policy.
They were, however, able to work around the policy by instead selling a coupon redeemable for one Great Illinois Corn Flake. The coupon was sold to TriviaMania.com for $1,350.
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