Whole oats which have been rolled into flakes which are white to golden in appearance, well textured and with a nutty taste. Rolled oats are ideal for toasting, baking and processing into muesli, muesli bars, granola and biscuits. They can be consumed cold as in muesli or eaten hot as a traditional rolled oat porridge.
Standard flake thickness range - 0.60 mm to 1.40 mm - in increments of 0.05 mm
Steel Cut oat groats which have been rolled into oat flakes that are generally thinner than Rolled Oats. Quick Cooking Oats are white in appearance and while retaining a nutty oat taste, have the added benefit of being able to cook quickly. Quick Cooking oats are best eaten as porridge.
Due to its high water absorption properties Quick Cooking Oats make an ideal ingredient choice for manufacturers of bread and biscuits.
Standard flake thickness range - 0.45 mm to 0.70 mm - in increments of 0.05 mm
Steel Cut Oat Groats which have been rolled to a thinner profile than Quick Cooking Oats. Instant Oats are very white in appearance. While retaining a nutty oat taste, Instant Oats have the added benefit of being able to cook instantly in boiling water. Instant oats are best eaten as a convenient instant breakfast cereal.
Instant Oats are often repacked into small individual serve sachets with added flavours. The strongest consumption pattern is as porridge.
Standard flake thickness range - 0.35 mm to 0.40 mm - in increments of 0.05 mm
Wholemeal Oat Flour
Wholemeal Oat Flour is high in digestible energy and low in allergy forming glutens. It contains all the fibre content of the oat groat. It is used for the manufacture of baby cereals, biscuits, baking products, RTE breakfast cereals, extruded snackfoods and wherever cereal additives are required.
Refined Oat Flour
Refined Oat Flour is produced during the manufacture of Oat bran and therefore has less Fibre than Wholemeal Oat Flour. Refined Oat Flour is generally used in the production of certain extruded cereals where high Soluble Fibre content is not a prerequisite.
Super Oat Bran
Small thin pieces of bran with a fine flaky texture. Super Oat Bran is consumed as a high nutritional profile porridge or added to Quick Cooking or Instant Oat porridge to enhance the nutritional benefit.
Super Oat Bran is also suitable as an ingredient in biscuits, bread or muesli products.
Super Oat Bran has a minimum guaranteed dietary fibre content of 18.5% (dwb)
Fine Oat Bran
Very fine bran ground to a floury consistency. The smooth consistency of Fine Oat Bran is well suited for the manufacture of baked, biscuit, breakfast cereal and extruded bran products as well as for use in the cosmetics industry.
Fine Oat Bran has a minimum guaranteed dietary fibre content of 16.0% (dwb).
Rolled Oats