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Gluten-free Not Always
Taste Free!

The ever popular and versatile oat clusters, made here with marshmallows and peanut butter, a gluten-free deliciously oaty snack. See our recipes http://avenafoods.com/recipes/

A Taste from Grandma's Kitchen

Quick and easy, comfort food just like Grandma used to make! Try our Only Oats™ Grandma's Oatmeal Cookie Mix. Check out our store locator to find a store in your area that carries our Only Oats™ products.  Learn More about Only Oats™ Gramdma’s Oatmeal Cookie Mix

Nutritious and Delicious!

Try our Only Oats™ Whole Oat Pancake Mix! A good source of fiber, they cook up in a snap and provide the pure goodness of Only Oats™ whole grain oat flour. Learn More about Only Oats™ Whole Oat Pancake Mix

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Our pure whole grain oat products are certified gluten-free in the US by the Gluten-Free Certification Organization and applies to US products only. 

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Oat Related Nutrition Research

Oats provide a wide range of health benefits to your diet. The following is a list of oat related nutritional research articles that have been published in peer-reviewed, scientific journals which verify the positive health benefits of eating oats.

Cholesterol

Effect of a Dietary Portfolio of Cholesterol-Lowering Foods Given at 2 Levels of Intensity of Dietary Advice on Serum Lipids in Hyperlipidemia -  JAMA. 2011; 306(8):831-839.  David J. A. Jenkins, Peter J. H. Jones, Benoit Lamarche, Cyril W. C. Kendall, Dorothea Faulkner, Luba Cermakova, Iris Gigleux, Vanu Ramprasath, Russell de Souza, Chris Ireland, Darshna Patel, Korbua Srichaikul, Shahad Abdulnour, Balachandran Bashyam, Cheryl Collier, Sandy Hoshizaki, Robert G. Josse, Lawrence A. Leiter, Philip W. Connelly, Jiri Frohlich. 

Oat products and lipid lowering: a meta-analysis. JAMA. 267:3317-3325, 1992.  Ripsin, C.M., Keenan, J.M., Jacobs, D.R., Elmer, P.J., Welch, R.R., Van Horn, L., Liu, K., Turnbull, W.H., Thye, F.W., Kestin, M., Hegsted, M., Davidson, D.M., Davidson, M.H., Dugan, L.D., Demark-Wahnefried, W., and Beling, S.

Blood Sugars and Diabetes

Comparison of high- and low-glycemic-index breakfast cereals with monounsaturated fat in the long-term dietary management of type 2 diabetes - Am J Clin Nutr 2000 Aug;72(2):439-49.4.  Tsihlias EB, Gibbs AL, McBurney MI, Wolever TM.

Mechanisms of the effects of grains on insulin and glucose responses - J. Am. Coll. Nutr. 19:320S-325S, 2000. Hallfrisch, J., Behall, K.M.

The role of viscous soluble fiber in the metabolic control of diabetes - Diabetes Care 20:1774-1780, 1997. Wursch, P., and Pi-Sunyer, F.X.

Prediction of glucose and insulin responses of normal subjects after consuming mixed meals varying in energy, protein, fat, carbohydrate and glycemic index - J Nutr 1996 Nov;126(11):2807-12.  Wolever TM, Bolognesi C.

Heart Health

Breakfast cereals and risk of heart failure in the physicians' health study I - Arch Intern Med. 2007 Oct 22;167(19):2080-5.  Djousse L, Gaziano JM.

Oats in a Celiac Diet

Pure Oats and the Gluten-Free Diet : Are They Safe?  JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2011 35: 447.  J. Decker Butzner