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Great Value 100% Whole Grain Quick Oats

100% Whole Grain Quick Oats

44Okay

Contaminants · 4

2 at/over limit
From lab tests of this product’s family
Great Value Whole Grain Rolled Oats
This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

In the family’s tests: measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Cadmium21.8 ppbof 5 ppb
Over the limit — 4.4×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Old Fashioned Whole Grain Oats
Arsenic27 ppbof 10 ppb
Over the limit — 2.7×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)
Measured in: Old Fashioned Whole Grain Oats
LeadNDof 5 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Old Fashioned Whole Grain Oats
MercuryNDof 2 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L
Measured in: Old Fashioned Whole Grain Oats

Ingredients · 1

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Common questions

Is Great Value 100% Whole Grain Quick Oats healthy?

Great Value 100% Whole Grain Quick Oats scores 44/100 on Tallow — our okay band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in, plus lab results from its product family, Great Value Whole Grain Rolled Oats. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Great Value 100% Whole Grain Quick Oats?

Great Value 100% Whole Grain Quick Oats lists 1 ingredient, starting with Whole Grain Rolled Oats. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Great Value 100% Whole Grain Quick Oats contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Great Value 100% Whole Grain Quick Oats’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Great Value 100% Whole Grain Quick Oats?

Great Value 100% Whole Grain Quick Oats is NOVA group 1: unprocessed or minimally processed. NOVA runs 1 to 4, where 1 is whole food and 4 is ultra-processed.

How does Great Value 100% Whole Grain Quick Oats compare to other oatmeal & hot cereal?

At 44/100 Great Value 100% Whole Grain Quick Oats lands mid-scale — below the typical score in oatmeal & hot cereal, but clear of the bottom band. A higher-scoring option in oatmeal & hot cereal is Bob's Red Mill Organic Old Fashioned Rolled Oats at 100/100.

Is Great Value 100% Whole Grain Quick Oats organic?

Great Value 100% Whole Grain Quick Oats is not certified organic in our data.

Has Great Value 100% Whole Grain Quick Oats been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Conventional whole grain rolled oats only (old fashioned and quick); no organic, no added ingredients) with the other products in its family, Great Value Whole Grain Rolled Oats, and 1 product in its family has been lab tested. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Those results are in the family's Contaminants section above; its own results may differ.

Does Great Value 100% Whole Grain Quick Oats contain heavy metals?

Great Value 100% Whole Grain Quick Oats itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected arsenic at 27 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Old Fashioned Whole Grain Oats and cadmium at 21.8 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Old Fashioned Whole Grain Oats. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

Full methodology: how we score products.

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