Oatmeal comes from the grain of the oat plant. The manufacturer removes the hull of the oat grain and grinds the grain into a coarse meal. The most common way of eating oatmeal is in the form of porridge, usually for breakfast. Oatmeal is generally low in fat and high in dietary fiber.
Serving Information
Fitbit provides some nutritional information on oatmeal. This information applies to dry oatmeal with no other ingredients, such as additional vitamins. The serving size is 1 cup.
Calories
A serving of oatmeal contains 311 calories. Carbohydrates provide 217 calories, protein accounts for 52 calories and fat makes up the remaining 42 calories. This provides about 15.5 percent of the daily value for calories, assuming a diet of 2,000 calories per day.
Carbohydrates
Oatmeal has 54.3 g of carbohydrates per serving, which is about 18 percent of the daily value. This total includes 7.9 g of dietary fiber, or 32 percent of the daily value. The carbohydrate total in a serving of oatmeal includes 1.2 g of simple sugar.
Protein and Fat
A serving of oatmeal provides 13 g of protein, which is 26 percent of the daily value, and 5.1 g of fat, about 8 percent of the daily value. This fat total includes 0.9 g of saturated fat, or about 4 percent of the daily value. Oatmeal contains no trans fat or cholesterol.
Vitamins and Minerals
Oatmeal has 39 percent of the daily value for thiamin. It also provides 7 percent the daily value for riboflavin, 5 percent of the daily value for vitamin B6 and 3 percent of the daily value for niacin. Oatmeal contains no vitamin A or vitamin C. A serving of oatmeal contains 38 percent of the daily value for phosphorus and 30 percent of the daily value for magnesium. Other significant mineral content in a serving of oatmeal includes 19 percent of the daily value for iron and 14 percent of the daily value for copper.
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