Chicago Tribune

Here’s what Aunt Jemima pancake brand will be called now, and the history behind its new name

Aunt Jemima is making her last batch of pancakes. Quaker Oats said Tuesday that its Aunt Jemima brand pancake mix and syrup will be renamed Pearl Milling Company. Aunt Jemima products will continue to ...
Yahoo

Brand formerly known as Aunt Jemima reveals new name

The brand formerly known as Aunt Jemima finally has a new name: Pearl Milling Company. In a statement released on Tuesday, PepsiCo, which owns the Quaker Oats brand, explained the story behind the new ...
Yahoo

Aunt Jemima brand to change name, remove image that's 'based on racial stereotype'

The Aunt Jemima brand of syrup and pancake mix will get a new name and image, Quaker Oats announced Wednesday, saying the company recognizes that "Aunt Jemima's origins are based on a racial ...
Artnet

Quaker Oats Is Retiring the Aunt Jemima Brand, Whose Racist Origins Have Inspired Artists’ Biting Interpretations for Decades

The 130-year-old Aunt Jemima brand of pancake mix, waffles, and breakfast syrup will be no more, the Quaker Oats company announced on June 17. The PepsiCo-owned company is retiring the brand and its ...
fox17online

Aunt Jemima to get new name and logo, company says current brand based on racial stereotype

Quaker Oats, the parent company of Aunt Jemima pancake mix and syrup, says it will completely rebrand the line — including changing the name and logo — saying the current brand is based on a "racial ...
Uproxx

Aunt Jemima, Long Criticized For Its Stereotypically Racist Mascot, Finally Has A New Name (And No Mascot)

For over 130 years, the breakfast brand Aunt Jemima has been criticized for its mascot — a racist stereotype based around an enslaved “Mammy” type. And in recent years the push to very belatedly get ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Aunt Jemima rebranding rankles family of some women who portrayed her, who say they're being erased

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Quaker Oats Company have given Aunt Jemima a new name and new look, but the families of some of the women who portrayed her over the years feel they are being erased. "It's a ...
The Grio

Aunt Jemima’s great-grandson furious over her removal from products

The great-grandson of the Syracuse woman who played Aunt Jemima has slammed Quaker Oats’ decision to change its packaging after outcry that the logo is racist. Larnell Evans Sr., 66, calls it “an ...
The Forward

For a century, Aunt Jemima products spread a racist archetype — and the Yiddish press helped

Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by senior writer Benyamin Cohen. After 131 years ...
WTVD

Aunt Jemima recalls frozen waffles, pancakes, more

Aunt Jemima has issued a recall for frozen pancakes, frozen waffles, and frozen french toast slices due to a possible listeria contamination. Pinnacle Foods, the company that owns Aunt Jemima products ...
The Grio

Aunt Jemima name, logo changed after 131 years

PepsiCo, the parent company behind the historic pancake mix and syrup label known as Aunt Jemima, has debuted its new name and logo. Changed after 131 years in an effort to reconcile its previously ...