I can't find out some basic info ANYWHERE! I keep hearing that instant oats turn to sugar/glucose and give you sugar spikes. Are THESE instant oats going to do that or are they talking about those quaker instant oats packets?

Thanks, this makes perfect sense now

The "Quick Cooking" oats are rolled thinner than your "Old Fashioned " oats. How do Bob's "Quick Cooking" rolled oats compare to the "Quick 1-minute" oats sold by other companies?

The glycemic index of 1-minute oatmeal is higher than that of traditional, or old fashioned oatmeal. I realize you can't easily test for gI, but it seems to depend on the thickness of the flakes. I'm guessing that your "Quick Cooking" oats may fall between "traditional" and "1-minute" oats.

hi - my husband mistakenly bought the old fashioned oats instead of the quick cooking which is what i prefer for making oatmeal in the morning... and i already have a big bag of the old fashioned! my questions is, can i chop up the old fashioned to make them more like the quick cooking? maybe in my food processor? thank you

Would love to see instant pot directions added to your site. I just received a 4 pack of quick oats rather than my usual regular OF rolled oats. Trying to figure best water ratio and cooking time to use. Todays reality is that instant pots are increasingly found in kitchens. Would love to see Bob’s Red Mill offer options for their products using these new fangled but helpful products. My days beside the camp fire are long gone and my instant pot keeps me from forgetting to turn the stove off - a sad but real reality of aging. Thank you.

Hi bobsredmill.com webmaster, Your posts are always well-timed and relevant.

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this is a helpful article thank you

Is it normal to have several hull pcs in the oats? I have the Gluten Free old fashioned oats right now and for some reason this batch seems to have a lot in there. I don't recall that in previous batches.

I love all your products and eat your oatmeal’s every night for dinner. I love the Scottish oatmeal as well as your quick oats!
Thank you for your quality products!

Just a quick question - can I substitute Quick oats for instant oats? This is for a Florentine cookie recipe I want to make.
I never have any instant oats on hand. Thanks.

I am confused. I have a bag of your gluten free old fashioned rolled oats. The directions say to either cook on the stove for 10 minutes or microwave for 2 minutes. Are they old style, quick or instant? One cookie recipe does not specify which oats to use and the scone recipe says use regular oats, not instant.

It would be helpful if you made the packaging a bit more distinctive between the "Old Fashioned" and the "Quick Cooking" oats. I didn't realize you made more than one kind, and I grabbed the quick cooking type by mistake. I'm happy to hear that there's no difference other than the smaller cut, but we prefer the texture of the old fashioned better. Now we have a whole bag of the quick cooking to get through.

Thank you for this detailed and clear explanation! Because you included how instant and quick oats behave in baking, I now know which to order (quick, because I'm mostly baking rather than fixing breakfast oatmeal).

Very informative article! Love Bob's. But brown sugar and maple syrup are not "unhealthy ingredients" as one of the sentences implies.

Hi,
To add to the discussion a bit, I’ve discovered that instant oatmeal works well in smoothies for body and texture without being gritty. I’ve been using Trader Joe’s unsweetened (also contains flax, amaranth and millet) because I didn’t know until now that Bob’s Redmill (my preference for cooked oatmeal) made instant oats. Although I like TJs for the added seeds, I don’t like all the packaging and will seek out Bob’s instant on my next resupply.

Enjoying the quick cooking rolled oats, I’d like to know the GI of these compared to the old fashioned rolled oats.

Thanks,

Michelle

Did you change the formula of the instant rolled oats? The last time I purchased the four pack at the Bob’s Redmill store the packaging had changed, but more importantly the texture changed. The new oats were much mushier and had far less texture. I really preferred the old formula as it had a much nuttier natural oat texture vs. a smooth mushy texture. The new resealable package is nice but please go back to the old formula.

Thank you for such an extensive explanation! I've got the old fashioned rolled oats to make overnight oats and have been thinking whether if I should switch to quick cooking or instant. I love how both of these are not pre-cooked and are just made thinner to keep the GI low

Thanks Bob a big mystery resolved for me keep up the great OAT HARVEST