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Change in low fat standard for some whole-oat products

Oats are a great source of soluble fiber, and as the specific fiber contained in whole oats, beta-glucan soluble fiber, has been shown to help control cholesterol, some oat products are allowed to claim that they reduce the risk of coronary heart disease. These products include oat bran, rolled oats or whole oat flour, and they also must meet the FDA's standard for "low fat" foods. The Quaker Oat company has requested - and temporarily received (pdf) - an exemption to the "low fat" standard for some of their other oat products, like instant oatmeal. The exemption allows qualifying products to make the claim that they coronary heart disease right on the packaging by allowing them to increase their oat content to acceptable levels, even if by doing so they surpass the federal maximum for low fat products. Not all oat products will be eligible, but Quaker's reduced sugar instant oatmeal products would qualify under the new plan.

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Filed Under: Business, Health & Medical, Ingredients
Tags: america, breakfast, exemption, grains, heart, low fat, news, oat, oats, quaker

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jon

2-07-2007 @4:53PM jon said... What's with instant oatmeal, anyway? It isn't like it takes very long to cook real oatmeal...how much time can it possibly save?
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mrsb

2-07-2007 @5:01PM mrsb said... I bet the low-sugar variety costs more that the more-sugar.
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GhaleonQ

2-08-2007 @12:08AM GhaleonQ said... That's...odd.
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homerj

2-08-2007 @12:09PM homerj said... Steel Cut Oats all the way, take longer but are much better.
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