Porridge


	Porridge & Oats

		We believe the best tasting porridge and the most nutritional porridge is fresh flaked porridge. To keep all the nutrition and flavour in the oat grain, you must not open the grain until you are ready to use it. As soon as you flake (or roll) the oat (unflaked oats are called groats) and expose it to the air, you begin to lose valuable nutrients and flavour. One of the reasons we exhibit at fairs in the UK is that people must see and taste for themselves why you would want to flake your own porridge or muesli. You can see, taste and feel the difference. Fresh flaked oats have not dried out. The fresh flaked oat and its bran are soft and supple. And the flavour is the full traditional flavour of oats. Many elderly people tell us that they haven’t tasted oats like the fresh flaked oats since they were children.


	Although you do not have the benefit of feeling the difference, you can see some of the differences between fresh flaked oats on the left and a top brand of regular oats on the right. We do not question the fine quality and good nutrition of prepackaged oats. Yet they are a different product from fresh flaked oats.


	Fresh Flaked Oats



		Fresh flaked oats still have the fresh oils and soft bran of the fresh grain. You can adjust the flatness of the rolled oat based upon your preference.


	Premium Prepackaged Oats



			Packaged flaked oats have been processed in order to preserve them. They have a soft powdery texture.


	Prepackaged oats are very nutritious. Yet anytime you open a grain and process it, you lose various amounts of nutrition and flavour. The following comparison illustrates the differences in nutrition from fresh grains to what are arguably the best processed oats in the UK.

Selected Nutrient Comparison of Whole Groats and Dry Quick Oats
These figures are from the USDA website comparing Dry Quick Oats with oat grain.
Per 100 grams	Whole Oat Grain	Dry Quick Oats
	Whole Oat Grain	Dry Quick Oats	Gain/Loss
Proximates
Energy kcal	389	371	-4.63%
Energy kj	1628	1552	-4.67%
Protein	16.89	13.7	-18.89%
Total Lipid (fat)	6.9	6.87	-0.43%
Carbohydrate	66.27	68.18	2.88%
Fiber	10.6	9.4	-11.32%
Cholesterol	0	0

Minerals
Calcium	54	47	-12.96%
Magnesium	177	270	52.54%
Phosphorous	523	458	-12.43%
Potassium	429	358	-16.55%
Sodium	2	3	50.00%
Zinc	3.97	3.2	-19.40%
Copper	0.626	0.37	-40.89%
Manganese	4.916	4.3	-12.53%

Vitamins
B-6	0.12	0.1	-16.67%
Thaimin	0.763	0.54	-29.23%
Riboflavin	0.14	0.12	-14.29%
Niacin	0.961	0.82	-14.67%
Pantothenic Acid	1.349	0.71	-47.37%
Folate mcg	56	32	-42.86%

Fatty Acids
Saturated	1.217	1.1	-9.61%
Monosaturated	2.178	1.98	-9.09%
Poly unsaturated	2.534	2.3	-9.23%


	www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp


	So you have a choice. The ease of prepackaged oats from the superstore or the flavour and nutrition of fresh flaked oats prepared to your preference. We offer both regular and premium groats.


	Try this link for more info on oats and health!


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