Quaker Oatmeal Squares Brown Sugar vs Bob's Red Mill Organic Old Fashioned Oats

The Verdict

Quaker Oatmeal contains 17.2× more glyphosate than the EWG child-safe threshold — Bob's Red Mill Organic Old Fashioned Oats contains none.

2,746 parts per billion of glyphosate was detected in Quaker Oatmeal Squares Brown Sugar by EWG 2018. That puts it in the CRITICAL tier — more than 2.7× the EWG's 1,000 ppb action level and far above the 160 ppb child-safe benchmark. Glyphosate is classified by IARC as a probable human carcinogen (Group 2A). Bob's Red Mill Organic Old Fashioned Oats is certified USDA Organic + Non-GMO Project + Glyphosate-Free Certified — meaning it was independently tested and confirmed free of synthetic pesticide residue.