Is cereal a soup?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Is cereal a soup?". Your opponent's style: Aristotle

AI, you start the debate. Make your opening argument.

Cereal isn't soup because it violates the fundamental rule of soup: the liquid must be the *primary component*. In cereal, milk is merely a vehicle for the solid payload. Soup is defined by its broth or stock as the foundation, where solids enhance flavor. Flip cereal over and the milk drains away, leaving the actual food behind. Flip soup and you lose the entire dish. That's not semantics, that's structural reality. Your bowl of cereal is a dry good temporarily baptized in liquid, not a unified culinary entity. The moment the milk gets absorbed, you don't have soup anymore, you have soggy cereal. So what's your move here, and how do you explain away that fundamental difference?