Quaker Strawberries & Cream Instant Oatmeal (10-1.23 Ounce) 12.3 Ounce 10 Packet Box
Quaker Strawberries & Cream Instant Oatmeal (10-1.23 Ounce) 12.3 Ounce 10 Packet Box by Quaker Oats has 6 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.2 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is A.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Plant-based foods and beverages / Plant-based foods / Cereals and potatoes / Cereals and their products
How This Score Is Built
This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Quaker Strawberries & Cream Instant Oatmeal (10-1.23 Ounce) 12.3 Ounce 10 Packet Box, 6 of its 6 tracked ingredients carry a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.
Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.
Where Quaker Strawberries & Cream Instant Oatmeal (10-1.23 Ounce) 12.3 Ounce 10 Packet Box sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.2 Top 40% higher than 60% of 58,710 scored products
Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value
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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.
Full Ingredients List
Whole grain rolled oats, sugar, creaming agent (maltodextrin, sunflower and palm oils, whey, sodium caseinate), flavored and colored fruit pieces (dehydrated apples [treated with sodium sulfite to promote color retention], artificial strawberry flavor, citric acid, red 40), salt, guar gum, artificial flavor, citric acid, niacinamide*, vitamin a palmitate, reduced iron, pyridoxine hydrochloride*, riboflavin*, thiamin mononitrate*, folic acid*. *one of the b vitamins
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Quaker Strawberries & Cream Instant Oatmeal (10-1.23 Ounce) 12.3 Ounce 10 Packet Box: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 4.2/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 6.
Product Details
- Brand
- Quaker Oats
- Barcode
- 0030000018200
- Nutri-Score
- Grade A
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Quaker Strawberries & Cream Instant Oatmeal (10-1.23 Ounce) 12.3 Ounce 10 Packet Box rank on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4.2/5, Quaker Strawberries & Cream Instant Oatmeal (10-1.23 Ounce) 12.3 Ounce 10 Packet Box sits ahead of 60% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4.2/5 rating on Quaker Strawberries & Cream Instant Oatmeal (10-1.23 Ounce) 12.3 Ounce 10 Packet Box?
PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 4.2/5 average places Quaker Strawberries & Cream Instant Oatmeal (10-1.23 Ounce) 12.3 Ounce 10 Packet Box in the Low Risk tier.
Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.