Instant Oatmeal Roundup
We analyzed 186 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 3)

Instant Oatmeal Blueberry Strawberry
Ingredients: whole grain oats, sugar, dried blueberries, dried strawberries, natural flavor, salt.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

maple and brown sugar instant oatmeal
Ingredients: Rolled oats, sugar, brown sugar (sugar, molasses), salt, calcium carbonate, natural flavor, soybean oil, cinnamon, silicon dioxide to reduce caking, caramel color, guar gum, whey, ferric orthophosphate, wheat flour, cellulose gum, whole egg solids, soy lecithin, niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, vitamin a palmitate, thiamine mononitrate, folic acid.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Apple Cinnamon Chia Instant Oatmeal
Ingredients: Organic rolled oats, organic cane sugar, organic dehydrated apples, organic chia seed, organic molasses, organic rice maltodextrin, organic cinnamon, salt, natural flavors.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Organic maple & brown sugar pecan instant oatmeal
Ingredients: Organic rolled oats, organic cane sugar, organic pecans, organic maple sugar powder, organic molasses, organic rice maltodextrin, salt, natural flavors, organic brown sugar (organic cane sugar, organic molasses), organic cinnamon.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Winco Foods Maple and Brown Sugar instant oatmeal
Ingredients: Whole grain rolled oats, sugar, salt, calcium carbonate, guargum, molasses, natural flavor, caramel color, maple syrup. vitamins and minerals: niacinamide (vitamin b3), vitamin a palmitate, reduced iron, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), riboflavin (vitamin b2), thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), folic acid.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Instant oatmeal raisin date walnut
Ingredients: Whole grain oats, sugar, raisins, dates, walnuts coated with rosemary extract (to help protect flavor), salt, cinnamon.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Gluten Free Sprouted Cacao Nib Instant Oatmeal
Ingredients: Sprouted gluten free organic whole oats, organic coconut sugar, organic cacao nibs, organic cacao, unrefined salt, tocopherol
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Instant oatmeal raisin, dates and walnuts
Ingredients: whole grain rolled oats, sugar, raisins, sunflower oil, dates, rice flour, walnuts, salt, cinnamon
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Instant Oatmeal Fruit & Cream
Ingredients: Whole grain oats, sugar, dried strawberries, salt, dried cream, natural flavor, nonfat dry milk, sea salt, dried vegetable juice concentrate (color, tocopherols).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Instant Oatmeal Pumpkin Spice
Ingredients: Whole grain rolled oats, sugar, nonfat dry milk, salt, spices, natural flavor.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Apples & Cinnamon Instant Oatmeal
Ingredients: whole grain rolled oats, sugar, dehydrated apples (treated with sodium sulfite to promote color retention), cinnamon, salt, calcium carbonate (a source of calcium), natural flavors, citric acid, guar gum, oat flour (whole), ferric phosphate (a source of iron), niacinamide*, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6)*, riboflavin*, vitamin a palmitate, thiamine mononitrate*, folic acid*, *one of the b vitamins,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Sulfite
- ● High Sugar Content

Maple Brown Sugar Instant Oatmeal
Ingredients: whole grain rolled oats, sugar natural and artificial flavors, salt, calcium carbonate (a source of calcium), guar gum, oat flour (whole), caramel color, maple sugar, brown sugar, ferric phosphate (a source of iron), niacinamide*, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6)*, riboflavin*, vitamin a palmitate, thiamine mononitrate*, folic acid*,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Maple & Brown Sugar Instant Oatmeal
Ingredients: Whole grain rolled oats, sugar, contains less than 2% of: salt, guar gum, natural flavor, caramel color, calcium carbonate, ferric orthophosphate, vitamin a palmitate, niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, thiamine mononitrate, folic acid.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Original Oats Instant Oatmeal
Ingredients: WHOLE GRAIN OATS, CALCIUM CARBONATE, SALT, FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, NIACINAMIDE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, FOLIC ACID.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

maple brown sugar instant oatmeal
Ingredients: ORGANIC WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED OATS, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC MAPLE SUGAR, SEA SALT, NATURAL FLAVORS
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Instant Maple Oatmeal
Ingredients: Whole grain rolled oats, rye flour, sugar, calcium carbonate, salt, natural maple flavor with caramel color, ferric orthophosphate (iron), maple hydrochloride (vitamin b6), riboflavin, thiamin mononitrate, folic acid and canocobalamin (vitamin b12).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Instant Oatmeal Apple Cinnamon
Ingredients: ORGANIC ROLLED OATS, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC DEHYDRATED APPLES (TREATED WITH ASCORBIC ACID, CITRIC ACID AND CALCIUM CHLORIDE TO PRESERVE COLOR), ORGANIC CINNAMON, SEA SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Quaker Cinnamon & Spice Instant Oatmeal
Ingredients: Whole grain oats, sugar, salt, cinnamon, other spices, natural flavor
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Instant oatmeal with flax seeds
Ingredients: Whole grain steel cut oats, isolated soy protein, brown sugar, sugar, flaxseed, salt, stearic acid, molasses, natural and artificial flavor, maple syrup.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Apple Cinnamon Instant Oatmeal
Ingredients: Rolled oats*, evaporated cane juice*, dried apple*, cinnamon*, sea salt, natural flavor.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Quaker instant oatmeal apples and cinnamon
Ingredients: whole grain rolled oats, sugar, dehydrated apple pieces (treated with sodium sulfite to promote color retention), natural and artificial flavor, salt, cinnamon, calcium carbonate, oat flour, citric acid, guar gum, malic acid, niacinamide*, reduced iron, vitamin a palmitate, pyridoxine hydrochloride*, riboflavin*, thiamin mononitrate*, folic acid*, caramel color, *one of the b vitamins
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Sulfite
- ● High Sugar Content

Quaker Instant Oatmeal Original
Ingredients: Whole grain oats, calcium carbonate, salt, reduced iron.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Apple Cinnamon Pecan Superfood Instant Oatmeal
Ingredients: certified gluten-free oats, dried apples, pecans, flax seeds, chia seeds, quinoa flakes, puffed amaranth, cinnamon.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Quaker Instant Oatmeal Flavor Variety
Ingredients: Whole grain oats, sugar, dried apples, natural flavor, salt, cinnamon
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Instant oatmeal
Ingredients: WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED OATS, WHOLE GRAIN OAT FLOUR, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF CALCIUM CARBONATE (A SOURCE OF CALCIUM), SALT, GUAR GUM, CARAMEL COLOR, FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE (A SOURCE OF IRON), VITAMIN A PALMITATE.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

INSTANT OATMEAL CHOCOLATE FLAVOR WITH OTHER NATURAL FLAVORS
Ingredients: whole grain oats, semisweet chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla extract), sugar, cocoa (processed with alkali), salt, natural flavor. contains soy ingredients. may contain traces of milk.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Apple & Cinnamon Naturally Flavored Instant Oatmeal
Ingredients: whole grain oats, sugar, dried apples, cinnamon, natural flavor, salt
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content
