Bob's Red Mill Steel Cut Oats Gluten Free

My family and I must maintain a strict gluten free diet due to celiac disease. For more than ten years, we did not eat oats because it was included with the list of foods that were off limits: wheat, rye, barley, and oats. Then we learned that oats didn't actually have the offensive gluten in its composition, but was contaminated by farming procedures. Well, I thought, that's good to know — we'll just grow our own oats, not really, that's a location joke: we lived in central Texas which is rocky ranch country, not suitable for farming. Then I read that Bob's Red Mill, which had long since proven itself as a reliable provider of truly safe gluten free products, was growing their own oats, on their own wheat-free fields, harvested with equipment that has never touched ... MoreMy family and I must maintain a strict gluten free diet due to celiac disease. For more than ten years, we did not eat oats because it was included with the list of foods that were off limits: wheat, rye, barley, and oats. Then we learned that oats didn't actually have the offensive gluten in its composition, but was contaminated by farming procedures. Well, I thought, that's good to know — we'll just grow our own oats, not really, that's a location joke: we lived in central Texas which is rocky ranch country, not suitable for farming. Then I read that Bob's Red Mill, which had long since proven itself as a reliable provider of truly safe gluten free products, was growing their own oats, on their own wheat-free fields, harvested with equipment that has never touched wheat. Joy! We could actually skip the farming & purchase gluten free oats. It was like the return of a long, lost treasure! I had two children that had never had oats. We welcomed Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Oats into our cooking & discovered some new, favorite recipes and resurrected some old favorites. Bob's Red Mill Steel Cut Oats was something different from the regular cuts of oats & quickly became a breakfast favorite with its nutty texture. Toppings of butter & maple syrup are current favorites with plans to try cinnamon apple topping soon.

Repurchased again and again in this large size. Great value and quality, lovely nutty taste, the perfect chewy but non-mushy texture. Only purchased gluten free because the regular was out of stock, I have no gluten sensitivities so cannot comment. I like to support Bob's Red Mill as I understand it is employee owned and ethically operated.

I have these for breakfast most days, excellent texture and keeps a bit of bite which I like. Good size packet and packaging, keeps moisture out and seals well. You do come across the occasional husk which you have to pull out of your teeth (maybe one to two per breakfast bowl?). High quality and easy to use, I just cook them on the stove top. They do take longer than the rolled version, but good in soups to use like rice/barley etc.