Description
Our oat groats are certified organic, triple-cleaned, toasted and perfect for baking & cooking purposes. Whole oats normally have a hull (also called a “husk”) that surrounds the kernel, and the hull is basically inedible unless you’re a horse, or similar. A groat is the oat kernel that has had the hull removed. (Oddly, the terms “hulled oats” and “dehulled oats” both generally refer to oats that have had their hulls removed… in other words, oat groats.) Once oats have had their hulls removed, they receive a minimal kilning treatment that prevents fats from becoming rancid (and this renders the germ non-sproutable). There’s no such thing as a “home oat dehuller”, so buying bulk stabilized oat groats is the way to get oats for use in your home kitchen.
During the process of light kilning, a few oat groats routinely become trapped temporarily in the conveyor system and get a little over-toasted, then later re-enter the grain stream. The exterior of those oats will be a darker brown color. Most buckets will have none of these kernels, but they may be present in any bucket up to a level of roughly a couple of kernels per cupful of grain. Even at the highest incidence, these darker kernels make no difference in the taste or other characteristics of the grain.
Convenient & safe storage
Our oat groats are certified organic and non-GMO, and come in six-gallon buckets (or pails… another word for the same container), containing 26 lbs. net weight of grain. The bulk oat groats in our bucket packaging have a shelf life of 18 months. When you store grain at home, it needs to be protected in a couple of ways. First, it needs to be protected from a variety of little critters who’d like to get to it before you do. Weevils and rodents, for example. You also need to protect your grain from picking up excessive additional moisture, which can be drawn from the atmosphere. The buckets our organic oats come in provide full protection against these storage risks. They have airtight gasket-sealed lids, Mylar liners, and oxygen absorber packets that remove the oxygen from the air in the bucket after we put the lid on. The O2 absorbers leave an atmosphere of nitrogen in the bucket (because air is mainly oxygen and nitrogen). Our buckets safely lock out pests, and biological processes are put “on hold” in the Mylar protected, oxygen-free nitrogen atmosphere, so your grain enjoys complete peace and quiet until you want to use it.
Specs
Diameter
12.5″
Height
17″
Weight (lbs.)
39.35
Net Weight (lbs.)
26
Allergen Statement
Processed in a facility that handles barley, sesame seeds, soybeans, wheat, and peanuts.
Gluten Free
Yes
Origin
USA
Certifications
USDA Organic
Country of Manufacture
United States
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