FAQ Category: PRODUCT INFORMATION FOR FLOURS AND CEREALS

Wheat Bran is predominantly insoluble fibre.

Porridge Oats offer more flavour and texture as well as a higher fibre content then plain large flake oats.  Porridge Oats have a lower glycemic index then plain oats.   The lower the glycemic index the better the food is at helping to balance blood sugars and makes you feel full longer. Steel Cut Oat Blend...

The Porridge Oats are in different sizes in order to offer them all at the same retail price.  Healthy Grains is 1 kg, Steel Cut Oat Blend is 1.1kg because of the added weight of the steel cut portion.  Ancient Grains is 750 g because of the added expense of some of the organic grains...

ROGERS Steel Cut Oats Blend Porridge Oats is a mix of steel cut oats, large flake oats, oat bran, wheat bran and flax seeds.  This blend reduces the cook time of traditional steel cut oats from 45 minutes to 20 minutes and still maintains a low glycemic index.

ROGERS Foods produces Large Flake Oats as well as 3 varieties of multi grain oatmeal.  Healthy Grain Porridge Oats, Ancient Grain Porridge Oats and Steel Cut Oat Blend Porridge Oats.

Healthy Grain Porridge Oats, once known as the original blend is a combination of large flake oats, oat bran, wheat bran and flaxseed.   This flavour is similar to traditional large flakes but with double the fibre content.  It is available in a blue bag.  Steel Cut Oat Blend Porridge Oats is a combination of steel...

ROGERS Ancient Grain Porridge oats contain several grains that do have gluten.  For example spelt and kamut.  This cereal is all produced in our wheat processing facility.

Instant Oats have been pre-cooked and dried, allowing them to cook in about a minute. Quick Oats are processed in smaller pieces that cook in less the 5 minutes. ROGERS Large Flake Oats are less processed oats.  They cook 7 to 10 minutes on the stove top and about 2 to 3 minutes in the...

The oils in ground flaxseed go rancid very quickly once ground.  Using ground flax seed in our Porridge Oats would significantly reduce the shelf life.       

Currently, the majority of grains used in ROGERS cereals are Canadian.  The exception is the quinoa flakes used in Ancient Grains Porridge Oats.  This product comes from Bolivia.  This statement also allows ROGERS the opportunity to import grains from the USA in the future.