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The rolled OATS product in the picture was not among those tested – it  simply represents the category of oats products.

OAT PRODUCTS AND ROUNDUP

Lawrenceville, NJ (Dr Simone) – The International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies the active ingredient in Monsanto’s RoundUp, glyphosate, as “probably carcinogenic to humans.”  And the Environmental Working Group (EWG) has found high levels of it in some oat cereals, oatmeal, granola and snack bars.  45 oat foods were tested: 31 had higher than EWG’s acceptable, 12 had lower.  The highest levels were detected in two samples of Quaker Old Fashioned Oats and in Cheerios.  Glyphosate was also found at detectable concentrations in five of 16 organic oat food samples. 1 to 2 year old children have the highest risk.  Hydration is important if you eat oat food often because glyphosate is metabolized very quickly and eliminated in the urine.

Glyphosate is used to kill weeds and also to kill the mature crops of wheat, barley, oats and beans that are not genetically engineered. This forces drying and earlier harvest.

The US Right to Know organization forced the Food and Drug Administration to reveal their assessment.  The FDA found “a fair amount” of glyphosate in several processed foods.

 

Glyphosate Was Found on Most Samples of Oat-Based Foods
Type of Food Product Name Glyphosate (ppb)*
Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3
Granola Nature’s Path Organic Honey Almond granola ND** ND
Back to Nature Classic Granola 620 170
Quaker Simply Granola Oats, Honey, Raisins & Almonds 430 400
Back to Nature Banana Walnut Granola Clusters 30 30 340
Nature Valley Granola Protein Oats ‘n Honey 220 170
KIND Vanilla, Blueberry Clusters with Flax Seeds 50 60
Instant Oats Giant Instant Oatmeal, Original Flavor 760
Simple Truth Organic Instant Oatmeal, Original ND ND
Quaker Dinosaur Eggs, Brown Sugar, Instant Oatmeal 620 780
Great Value Original Instant Oatmeal 450
Umpqua Oats, Maple Pecan 220 220
Market Pantry Instant Oatmeal, Strawberries & Cream 120 520
Oat Breakfast Cereal Kashi Heart to Heart Organic Honey Toasted cereal ND ND
Cheerios Toasted Whole Grain Oat Cereal 490 470 530
Lucky Charms**** 400 230
Barbara’s Multigrain Spoonfuls, Original, Cereal 340 300
Kellogg’s Cracklin’ Oat Bran oat cereal 250 120
Snack Bar Cascadian Farm Organic Harvest Berry, granola bar ND ND
KIND Oats & Honey with Toasted Coconut ND 120
Nature Valley Crunchy Granola Bars, Oats ‘n Honey 340 120
Quaker Chewy Chocolate Chip granola bar 120 160
Kellogg’s Nutrigrain Soft Baked Breakfast Bars, Strawberry 30 80
Whole Oats 365 Organic Old-Fashioned Rolled Oats ND ND
Quaker Steel Cut Oats 530 290
Quaker Old Fashioned Oats 390 1100 1300
Bob’s Red Mill Steel Cut Oats 300 ND
Nature’s Path Organic Old Fashioned Organic Oats 30 20
Whole Foods Bulk Bin conventional rolled oats 10 40
Bob’s Red Mill Organic Old Fashioned Rolled Oats (4 samples tested) ND 10 20

Source: EWG, from tests by Eurofin Analytical Laboratories. * EWG’s child’s protective benchmark is 160 ppb. **ND=None Detected 

 

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