Almost every night before bed, I start my slow cooker with steel-cut oats so they’ll be perfectly ready in the morning. They take less than a minute to prep at night before bed and zero time during the morning rush!
While I love this for breakfast, I always choose Organic steel cut oats to make my oatmeal. Here’s why…
Oats are one of those crops commonly contaminated with Roundup weedkiller (glyphosate). This chemical is known to cause cancer. (1)
Organic oats are not sprayed with Roundup, as it’s prohibited on organic crops. Organic oats can be cross-contaminated, but thankfully, tests have found that organic products are less likely to be contaminated and have far fewer residues than conventional products. (3)
It’s important to know that the Non-GMO label doesn’t mean much on plain oats, because all oats are Non-GMO. Also, the non-GMO label doesn’t mean that pesticides are not used, it only means that the ingredients are not genetically engineered. So, it doesn’t mean the same as organic and many pesticides can be used on non-GMO products, like oats. (2)
It is safest to look for oat products that are certified organic, and ideally, that have been certified by a third-party to be free of glyphosate.
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) tested non-GMO oatmeal and found most of it contaminated with Roundup! Quaker Old Fashioned Oats was found to have the most Roundup per sample, with more than 1,000 ppb in two of three samples tested. (3)
Here’s a summary of brands with Roundup detected:
Quaker Old Fashioned Oats: More than 1,000 ppb in two samples
Umpqua Oats, Maple Pecan: 220 ppb
Bob’s Red Mill Steel Cut Oats: 300 pbb
Giant Instant Oats: 760 ppb
Walmart Great Value Instant Oats: 450 ppb
Quaker Real Medleys: 608 ppb
Quaker Steel Cut Oats: 530 ppb
Small amounts of glyphosate (or none) were found on organic brands tested:
Simple Truth Organic Instant Oatmeal: NONE DETECTED
365 Organic Old-Fashioned Rolled Oats: NONE DETECTED
Bob’s Red Mill Organic Old Fashioned: 20 ppb
Do you buy any of these brands or know someone who does?
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