Review of Quaker Oatmeal Weight Control Instant Oatmeal

As mentioned in an earlier review of Quaker Instant Oatmeal, the Quaker oatmeals have been a big part of our families diet for 27 years. I also serve it to my daycare children when I don't have time to make oatmeal from scratch.

Recently, my grocer had about 20 boxes of Quaker Weight Control instant oatmeal in their marked down clearance bin. I had never tried it before, but I have been on a diet - and the price was certainly right at only $1.25 per box. This normally retails for $3.89! I picked up four boxes of Cinnamon flavor and hoped for the best.

While the regular Quaker instant oatmeal comes with 10 packets to a box, the Weight Control only has 8 (although the box is exactly the same size, go figure!).

Looking at the box of Quaker Weight Control, it is quite impressive. It provides 7 grams of protein (3 more grams than regular), 6 grams of fiber (3 more grams than regular), although it does contain one more gram of fat (3 grams per packet). None of those fat grams are the bad trans fats, however.

What really attracted me to this oatmeal, (aside from the price) was the fact that it contains only 1 gram of sugar, compared to a whopping 13 grams in my favorite Quaker Maple & Brown Sugar variety. Quaker keeps the sugar grams down by sweetening this with the low calorie sweetener Splenda.

Other Nutrition Facts as compared to Maple & Brown Sugar in Parenthesis

Calories: 160 (the same)
Calories from fat: 25 (20)
Cholesterol: 0g (the same)
Sodium: 270mg (the same)
Potassium: 150mg (not listed at all)
Carbs: 29g (33g)

Vitamins & Minerals

Vitamin A: 20%
Calcium: 10%
Iron: 20%
Thiamin: 20%
Riboflavin: 20%
Niacin: 20%
Vitamin B6: 20%
Phosphorus: 15%
Magnesium: 10%

Ingredients

Whole grain rolled oats, whey protein isolate, maltodextrin, salt, natural and artificial flavors (contains barley gluten), oat flour, calcium carbonate, guar gum, cinnamon, caramel color, soy lecithin, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, niacinamide, vitamin A palmitate, reduced iron, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, thiamin mononitrate, and folic acid.

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