Do rolled oats really have the same nutritional values as quick oats?

[bb.wolf]

Recently switched to rolled oats (old fashioned) and i find that i am way more full compared to when i was eating quick oats but the packaging has identical nutritional info.

I ate the same amount of oats that i would normally eat but i was so full i had mild heartburn. I also found that I had to drink more water and became more vascular which might indicate that im getting the 'carb up' effect.

Is it possible that the label is wrong or am i imagining things?

[RealMenDeadLift]

lol come on, quick oats are just chopped up rolled oats, by weight they will have almost identical calories

[snorkelman]

lol come on, quick oats are just chopped up rolled oats, by weight they will have almost identical calories

^^^ This. The only difference is that when something is chopped up finer, your stomach acid doesn't have to work as hard breaking it down.

[Sash]

lol come on, quick oats are just chopped up rolled oats, by weight they will have almost identical calories

Not necessarily, quick/instant oats often have the bran removed, so yes, you're probably experiencing more "fullness" because of the fact it's emptying slower from your stomach.

[snorkelman]

As far as I know, NO OATS are eaten with the outer hull. It is removed for all of the three types being discussed in this thread.

The difference between old fashioned oats and instant is just that the oats will be cooked and dried at the end of the processing when you make them instant. This allows you to not even have to cook instant oats - just add hot water and eat.

Of course this is assuming that the "instant" oats don't have sugar and other stuff added as many do when they are packaged in packets, which obviously changes things.

[in10city]

Not necessarily, quick/instant oats often have the bran removed, so yes, you're probably experiencing more "fullness" because of the fact it's emptying slower from your stomach.

Que? Both - rolled AND instant/quick - have been hulled --> http://www.mccanns.ie/oatstory.html

And the instant oats are just rolled thinner and cut finer/smaller so that they cook very quickly.

[Sash]

Que? Both - rolled AND instant/quick - have been hulled --> http://www.mccanns.ie/oatstory.html

And the instant oats are just rolled thinner and cut finer/smaller so that they cook very quickly.

hulling is different to debranning, whether or not the rolled oats have any bran left probably depends on the brand, whether they are labelled "whole rolled oats" etc.