Inc. General Mills

General Mills, Inc. appears as a corporate author on some vintage cookbooks, including editions connected to the Betty Crocker name. Project Gutenberg lists Betty Crocker picture cooky book under both Betty Crocker and General Mills, and identifies the 1948 publication as copyrighted by General Mills, Inc.

That fits the company’s larger food-history story. General Mills says Betty Crocker was created in 1921 to answer letters from consumers, and over time the name became the public face of recipes, kitchen advice, and cookbooks developed by teams within the company rather than by one single author.

So if you see “Inc. General Mills” on a book page, it usually means you’re reading work produced by an editorial and test-kitchen team: recipes designed to be dependable, clearly explained, and useful in ordinary kitchens.