{"id":3021,"date":"2009-04-09T00:00:38","date_gmt":"2009-04-09T10:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=3021"},"modified":"2023-08-14T17:34:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T03:34:00","slug":"news-kelloggs-sets-up-possible-nerd-rumble-with-new-star-trek-cereal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/09\/news-kelloggs-sets-up-possible-nerd-rumble-with-new-star-trek-cereal\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: Kellogg&#8217;s Sets Up Possible Nerd Rumble With New Star Trek Cereal That&#8217;s Similar To A Star Wars Cereal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;padding-left:10px;border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/images\/newsstartrek.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>The new Star Trek Cereal boldly goes where other cereals that promoted movies with the word &#8220;star&#8221; in them have gone before.  <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s made up of sweetened oat cereal and marshmallows, which were the same ingredients found in <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2005\/05\/18\/star-wars-cereal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2005&#8217;s Star Wars Cereal<\/a><\/u>.  These similarities might lead to a confrontation between Star Wars and Star Trek fanatics about which cereal is better, which would be much like the disagreements those nerds have over which movie franchise is superior.  <\/p>\n<p>Oh, I can&#8217;t wait for the Force-Fx lightsaber replicas and the plastic phasers set to kill to be drawn at each other.  All I would need are some Princess Leias in gold bikinis and a few Lt. Uhuras and it would give me a total nerdgasm that would take weeks to recover from.<\/p>\n<p>A 3\/4 cup dry serving of the Star Trek Cereal contains 120 calories, 1 gram of fat, 0 grams of saturated fat, 220 milligrams of sodium, 55 milligrams of potassium, 26 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber, 12 grams of sugar, 3 grams of protein and a bunch of vitamins and minerals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Star Trek Cereal boldly goes where other cereals that promoted movies with the word &#8220;star&#8221; in them have gone before. It&#8217;s made up of sweetened oat cereal and marshmallows, which were the same ingredients found in 2005&#8217;s Star Wars Cereal. These similarities might lead to a confrontation between Star Wars and Star Trek [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1333],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotted-on-shelves"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":213,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2005\/05\/18\/star-wars-cereal\/","url_meta":{"origin":3021,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: Kellogg&#8217;s Star Wars Cereal","author":"Marvo","date":"May 18, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"With Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith opening tomorrow, The Impulsive Buy decided to review a product that promotes Star Wars. 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