Instant Oatmeal Maple & Brown Sugar

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 1 ingredient to avoid

Quaker Instant Oatmeal Maple & Brown Sugar scores 80/100 on Tallow — our clean band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. Per serving it carries 3g fiber, 4g protein and 14g sugar. 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.

Quaker Instant Oatmeal Maple & Brown Sugar lists 4 ingredients, starting with Whole Grain Oats, Sugar, Salt and Natural Flavor. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

180 kcal per serving, or 375 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Quaker Instant Oatmeal Maple & Brown Sugar on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 80/100 Quaker Instant Oatmeal Maple & Brown Sugar sits in our top band, among the better 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.