The Question of whether cereal is a soup is a topic that has been discussed throughout many ages and grades.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary a soup is, “A (usually savoury) liquid food made by boiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc., with seasoning in stock or water, and frequently served as a first course; a dish or variety of this”. 

Some students feel cereal is a soup.

“Yes, because all soups have a broth, so the milk acts like the broth, and the ingredients like meat and vegetables are like the cereal part,” sophomore Allie Burten says.

Cereals and soups share some similarities, such as you eat both with a bowl and spoon, they are in the category of food where you can eat it anytime of day, they are both liquids with solids in them, and last, both share a variety of different flavors. 

Soups and cereals, though having several similarities, also have differences such as the temperature is different most of the time; a soup is hot when the cereal is cold. The preparation time is different. Soups take longer to make while cereal takes two seconds to pour the milk in the cereal. Lastly, their storage is different. Soup can be reheated, but once the cereal is used, you can’t really bring it back.

Differences between soups and cereal is another reason some students don’t think cereal is a soup.

“Cereal is not soup, because cereal is a breakfast food, and it’s sweet. Soup is salty and it’s a dinner food,” sophomore Olive Wayland says.

Many argue that cereal is not a soup because of its taste and what time the food should be eaten at. Some students argue that cereal should be eaten in the morning as breakfast food and soup should be eaten as lunch or dinner food. Students also argue that soup is more filling and nutritious than cereal.

It seems the answer of whether or not cereal is a soup depends on the person. What do you think?