"Hercules" is a product familiar to many Russians since childhood. Those who have eaten it at least once know that it is a cereal made from a popular cereal.
Hercules is the trade name for a product that is actually a cereal made from oatmeal.
origin of name
The trade name "Hercules", under which you can still find oat flakes in most stores to this day, appeared in the days of the Soviet Union. This was the name of the product that was presented on the shelves in the outlets of the country. The package showed a robustly built child holding a large spoon in his hand. It symbolized strength and health, and with its name the manufacturers wanted to make it clear to consumers that those who regularly eat Hercules can gain the power and strength of this famous character in the myth of Ancient Greece.
This name was so remembered by lovers of oat flakes that since then, first in the Soviet Union, and then in Russia and many CIS countries, they began to denote oat flakes of almost any manufacturer. Thus, the trade name invented in the USSR became a household name.
Hercules
From a culinary point of view, "Hercules" is steamed oat grains, which are then flattened using special equipment. All these manipulations can significantly reduce the cooking time of this product in comparison with the original raw material - oatmeal, but at the same time preserve most of the beneficial properties of this cereal.
Flakes "Hercules" really contain a large number of useful components, including vitamins PP, E, H and several B vitamins, as well as a number of essential trace elements, including iron, zinc, iodine, manganese, copper, fluorine and cobalt. In addition, oatmeal contains useful elements such as calcium, magnesium, phosphorus and other substances necessary for the normal functioning of the human body.
For all its advantages, "Hercules" is also a very nutritious product, which is why it is so actively used for cooking in various children's institutions. So, depending on the characteristics of the feedstock, the flakes contain from 305 to 352 kilocalories in every 100 grams of the product, and this amount includes about 12 grams of protein, about 6 grams of fat and more than 60 grams of carbohydrates.
In addition to these ingredients, "Hercules" also contains valuable dietary fiber, which have a beneficial effect on the digestion process in the human body. Thus, regular use of oatmeal, for example, in the form of cereal for breakfast, can have a positive effect on health.
