The Quaker Oats Company is a part of PepsiCo, which makes beverages, snacks and breakfast foods. In addition to rice cakes, cold cereals and oatmeal, Quaker makes multigrain, granola and oatmeal snack bars, including Oatmeal To Go Breakfast Bars. If you are looking for a quick breakfast or a snack, you can check the nutrition information to determine whether they meet your needs.
Basic Nutritional Information
Quaker Oatmeal To Go Breakfast Bars come in raspberry streusel, banana bread, apple cinnamon, oatmeal raisin and brown sugar and cinnamon flavors. There is also a high fiber maple and brown sugar option. The serving size is one 60 g bar, and each bar has between 210 and 220 calories, 43 g carbohydrates, 4 g protein and 15 mg cholesterol, or 6 percent of the daily value. Each bar has 10 percent of the daily value for sodium.
Fat And Sugar
Quaker Oatmeal To Go Breakfast Bars have 4 g total fat with 1 g saturated fat, which may increase blood levels of LDL cholesterol. They have less than 1/2 g trans fat but do contain partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oil, which are sources of trans fats that may be more harmful than saturated fat. The regular breakfast bars contain 19 g sugar, and the high-fiber variety has 13 g per serving from sources including corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, sugar, brown sugar, sorbitol and cane molasses.
Whole Grains
Eating more whole grains instead of refined grains can improve heart health, reduce your risk for constipation and help you manage your weight. The American Heart Association recommends choosing whole-grain breads and cereals, popcorn and oats instead of refined white breads and pasta or pretzels. You should aim for at least 3 oz. equivalents of whole grains each day or try to get half of your grain servings from whole grains. Quaker Oatmeal To Go lists whole-grain oats as its primary ingredient.
Fiber
Many of the benefits of whole grains result from their fiber content. Dietary fiber may lower LDL cholesterol and help control your blood sugar. QuakerOatmeal states that 3 g soluble fiber each day from oats may lower the risk of heart disease; its breakfast bars each provide 1 g. The total amount of fiber in its regular breakfast bars is 5 g, and the high fiber maple and brown sugar bars have 10 g fiber with 6 g soluble fiber.
Vitamins And Minerals
Most varieties of Quaker Oatmeal To Go Breakfast Bars have 20 percent of the daily value for iron, calcium, vitamin A, vitamin C, thiamin, niacin, riboflavin, folic acid and vitamin B6. They have 10 percent of the daily value for vitamin E and phosphorus and 25 percent of the daily value for iron. The high fiber maple and brown sugar bars have a similar vitamin and mineral content but have 15 percent of the daily value for calcium and vitamin C.
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