Is regular Quaker Oatmeal considered "Instant" oatmeal?!
Answers: I read it is better to have regular oatmeal than instant, but I am wondering if the Quaker oatmeal in the cylinder container is regular oatmeal. It only takes a few minutes to make - that seems pretty instant to me???
There are two kinds of Quaker Oatmeal in the cylindrical container. One is "quick cooking" and one is regular. When diet or nutritional recommendations say "not instant" they mean the regular stuff.
However, the ones to really avoid are the flavored packets made with boiling water or heated with water in the microwave. Loaded with sugar--and calories.
So if your schedule makes the quick cooking oatmeal the right choice, I wouldn't worry about it. Nutritionally, they're pretty much the same.
FWIW, in baking, there IS a difference. (I make a mean oatmeal cookie.)
No it is not-------instant is cooked, dried, added to with some sort of flavorings and preservatives the packaged.
Regular oats need cooking--and are much better!
Chef Jack Garrison
There's a slow-cook version and an quick-cook (instant) version in the cylinder. There are also instant versions in packets. The instant versions all have "instant" on the label.
the 5 minute kind are quick cooking instant refers to the packets usually