One ingredient: quick steamed, rolled oats, grown on Australian farms in the Wandering area of WA and processed near Toowoomba, Queensland, at a facility in Meringandan. GF Oats was the first company to bring uncontaminated oats to Australia, fourteen years ago, and every batch since has gone to an independent testing facility to confirm it carries no contamination from wheat, rye or barley.
Australian food labelling law does not allow oats to be called "gluten free", even though Europe and the USA treat the avenin protein in oats differently and do permit the claim there. GF Oats built its brand around that gap: rather than claim gluten-free on the pack, it uses "uncontaminated" and backs the term with batch testing instead of a label claim. The brand's own "GF" stands for its name, Gloriously Free Oats, not for "gluten free" — the two are unrelated, and the logo is trademarked and compliant with Australian labelling rules. The company also draws a line between "wheat-free" oats, a term with no formal standard in Australian food regulation, and its own testing regime: wheat-free does not guarantee freedom from rye or barley contamination, but GF Oats tests every batch for all three.
The farming and processing is built around avoiding cross-contamination at every stage. Fields are walked at various stages to check for foreign grain, the oats are sun-dried with no chemical crop topping, and no machine seed sorting is used, so contamination is checked for by hand rather than relying on mechanical sorting alone. The mill and production line are kept free of the top 8 allergens. A small number of people with coeliac disease do react to the avenin naturally present in oats, so anyone coeliac is advised to complete a medically supervised oat challenge before relying on them, rather than assuming safety from the uncontaminated claim alone.
Rolled this fine, they cook in a few minutes on the stovetop or in the microwave, which suits a quick breakfast on a weekday morning, and work equally well as a base for baking or blending into a smoothie.
- Tested to nil contamination from wheat, rye and barley
- Soy free, dairy free, egg free
- Vegan, refined sugar free
- Glyphosate free, GMO free
Ingredients
100% Quick Steamed Rolled GF Oats.
