Instant grits

Name: Instant grits
Brand: Quaker

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Ingredients · 31

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Common questions

Is Quaker Instant grits healthy?

Quaker Instant grits scores 5/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. 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 Quaker Instant grits?

Quaker Instant grits lists 31 ingredients, starting with Degerminated White Corn Grits, Salt, Coconut Oil, Corn Syrup Solids and Palm Oil. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Quaker Instant grits contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Quaker Instant grits’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 Quaker Instant grits?

Quaker Instant grits is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Quaker Instant grits compare to other oatmeal & hot cereal?

At 5/100 Quaker Instant grits scores worse than most oatmeal & hot cereal we have scored. A higher-scoring option in oatmeal & hot cereal is Bob's Red Mill Organic Old Fashioned Rolled Oats at 100/100.

Is Quaker Instant grits organic?

Quaker Instant grits is not certified organic in our data.

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