Old Fashioned 100% Whole Grain Rolled Oats

Name: Old Fashioned 100% Whole Grain Rolled Oats
Brand: Quaker

53Okay

Contaminants · 1

1 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Quaker Plain Rolled Oats (US)

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

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

Glyphosate1.3 ppmof 0.16 ppm

Over the limit — 8.1×EWG children's health benchmark 160 ppb (0.01 mg/day in a 60 g serving). EPA tolerance for glyphosate on oats is far higher at 30 ppm (30,000 ppb), 40 CFR 180.364.

Measured in: Old Fashioned 100% Whole Grain Rolled Oats, 18 oz

Ingredients · 1

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Common questions

Is Quaker Old Fashioned 100% Whole Grain Rolled Oats healthy?

Quaker Old Fashioned 100% Whole Grain Rolled Oats scores 53/100 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, Quaker Plain Rolled Oats (US). 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 Old Fashioned 100% Whole Grain Rolled Oats?

Quaker Old Fashioned 100% Whole Grain Rolled 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 Quaker Old Fashioned 100% Whole Grain Rolled Oats contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Quaker Old Fashioned 100% Whole Grain Rolled 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 Quaker Old Fashioned 100% Whole Grain Rolled Oats?

Quaker Old Fashioned 100% Whole Grain Rolled 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 Quaker Old Fashioned 100% Whole Grain Rolled Oats compare to other oatmeal & hot cereal?

At 53/100 Quaker Old Fashioned 100% Whole Grain Rolled 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 Quaker Old Fashioned 100% Whole Grain Rolled Oats organic?

Quaker Old Fashioned 100% Whole Grain Rolled Oats is not certified organic in our data.

Has Quaker Old Fashioned 100% Whole Grain Rolled Oats been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Whole grain rolled oats only; no flavouring, cocoa, cinnamon, rice or nut) with the other products in its family, Quaker Plain Rolled Oats (US), 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 Quaker Old Fashioned 100% Whole Grain Rolled Oats contain glyphosate?

Quaker Old Fashioned 100% Whole Grain Rolled Oats itself has not been tested for glyphosate, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected glyphosate at 1.3 ppm against a 0.16 ppm limit in Old Fashioned 100% Whole Grain Rolled Oats, 18 oz. 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.