It is now made by U.S. Mills; their website states that the company has owned the Farina brand since 2001. ... It's a branded product rather like Cream of Wheat, and it is tasty with butter, sugar and milk.

Is cream of wheat and farina the same thing?

Cream of Wheat is a type of farina, which is a cereal made from milled wheat. For this reason, Cream of Wheat contains gluten, which is a group of proteins found in cereal grains that provides dough with its signature elasticity ( 7 ).

Is porridge the same as farina?

The word "farina" is Latin, meaning meal or flour and the Italian and Catalan word for flour. It is made from wheat middlings: the germ and endosperm of the grain, which are milled to a fine consistency and then sifted. Farina is often prepared as hot cereal (porridge). It may also be cooked like polenta and farofa.