Quaker Flavor Variety Instant Oatmeal - 18ct / 27.3oz
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The Quaker instant oatmeal offers a variety of flavors that cater to different tastes, making it a convenient breakfast option for busy mornings. Many guests appreciate the quick preparation and satisfying texture, especially enjoying flavors like cinnamon spice and apple cinnamon. However, some guests express disappointment over recent formula changes and the difficulty in finding specific flavors. Overall, it remains a popular choice for a nutritious and easy meal.
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4.4 out of 5 stars with 4411 reviews
quality: 5 out of 5
taste: 4.67 out of 5
value: 5 out of 5
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3 recommendations
1 out of 5 stars
3 March, 2026
originally posted on quakeroats.com

Awful New Version!
I don’t know what they were thinking with the new flavor. This is awful. Bland and all around terrible. Ruined an amazing product
2 out of 5 stars
25 February, 2026
originally posted on quakeroats.com

Whoever decided to change, fire them!
Not sure what you all did to the oatmeal but change it back! Texture and taste are worse,!
1 out of 5 stars
22 February, 2026
originally posted on quakeroats.com

Drastically different and not in a good way!
Eating this since I was a child and it is completely unrecognizable now. Ate one packet and throughout the rest of the box, it's absolutely terrible.
1 out of 5 stars
2 February, 2026
originally posted on quakeroats.com

Too Salty!
The salt content is off the charts. It used to be my favorite flavor. Now it tastes like the bottom of a bowl of popcorn. Gross.
1 out of 5 stars
29 January, 2026
originally posted on quakeroats.com

Your ingredients change SUCKS!!!
I thought I had found something I really enjoyed eating for breakfast and now you changed it up, to say it SUCKS is a understatement. I will try and finish this box I have, adding my own ingredients, but after that, you've lost me as a costumer. Did ya'll ever hear the phrase, If it ain't broke don't fix it. Bad decision on Your part.
3 out of 5 stars
16 January, 2026
originally posted on quakeroats.com

Too Salty
I have not had the maple and brown sugar in some time. Tried it today and it was wayyyy too salty! Totally ruined it by changing your recipe or something. Its like you switched sugar for salt.
5 out of 5 stars
12 January, 2026
originally posted on quakeroats.com

BRING IT BACK!
I don't know why this flavor is so hard to find. Please bring it back and don't change up the flavor when you do. It is the only Oatmeal I will eat and can get my kids to eat. We have tried many in substitution of this flavor because it's so hard to find and nothing compares. Please bring it back!
1 out of 5 stars
9 December, 2025
originally posted on quakeroats.com

Change with Instant Maple and Brown Sugar Oatmeal
I'm 73 years old and I've been eating Quaker Oats since I was a kid, but this Maple & Brown Sugar is the worst I've ever had. First of all, the box is the same size as before, but there was only 6 bags in it. That's my fault for thinking there would be automatically 12 bags. The bags are larger, but if you don't use a larger bowl, you'll have a big mess. I put a plate over mine and put it in the microwave; works every time until now. The taste is horrible! You get more powered stuff than oats and whatever the powdered stuff is, it's not maple and brown sugar. One of your comments said it tasted like dirt; I agree! I threw half of mine out! You'll be losing millions of customers if you don't straighten this out soon because there are other alternatives.
1 out of 5 stars
8 December, 2025
originally posted on quakeroats.com

BRING BACK THE OLD AND GREAT!!! FORMULATION!!!
This new formula is tasteless compared to the old one. 😞 I usually don’t like to give bad reviews, and customarily only take the time to praise. But this relatively new formulation of your single-serve oatmeal is just really so very awful that I think it’s important that you are informed. 😞 In addition to taste, the vitamin fortification took an hit, too, apparently, in the newer formulation. How do I know? I have very sensitive gums. And I noticed that whenever I consumed the old version, the Quaker brand single-serve variety packs, the apples and cinnamon, or maple 🍁 and brown sugar, or cinnamon and spice flavors, my oral gum tissue improved! So the fortified by B-vitamins old version was doing something healthy and good!! 👍 I do understand your logic: simpler natural ingredients is the consumer trend. But sometimes, and this is one of those times, I believe, it’s best not to mess with a good thing. And you had a really good thing going with your old formula. And I can see by the other comments of former!! habitual consumers, I’m by far not the only one complaining. PLEASE!! 🙏 Consider bringing back the old, and obviously beloved, formula. I bought it ALL the time and considered it a healthy addition to my diet. Now, I don’t buy it AT ALL! (And I wonder about the other disappointed consumers. Have they also abandoned you?) Especially give the B-vitamins fortifications a reconsideration. I bet there were many, many young kids who greatly benefited from them - as well as learned that something as healthy as oatmeal could compete - and win! - for their breakfast attention and consumption. Thank you.
1 out of 5 stars
2 December, 2025
originally posted on quakeroats.com

made me want to die and rip out my tongue.
this was quite possibly the worst thing that I ever tasted. this oatmeal was so bad that after just one bite I thought about ending it all right there just form the taste. I will never be buying this flavor ever again and honesty it is a disgrace to the Quaker name. This was nothing but a money grabbing remake of a well done original for no other reason than corporate greed
1 out of 5 stars
28 November, 2025
originally posted on quakeroats.com

Yuck
Disgustingly salty. You ruined a good thing. Will go elsewhere.
1 out of 5 stars
21 November, 2025
originally posted on quakeroats.com

Floury, mouth drying
I ate Quaker maple brown sugar instant oatmeal every single morning with berries for as far back as I can remember. Until you changed the recipe that is. Floury mouth drying taste, no matter how much water or milk I make it with. Then a friend suggested another store's brand maple brown sugar instant oatmeal and viola! It tastes exactly like yours used to, and it's less expensive!
1 out of 5 stars
2 November, 2025
originally posted on quakeroats.com

New Recipe Is Awful!!!
This used to be delicious, and the recipe change that they made a few years ago is terrible. It used to be flavorful and had good maple and brown sugar taste. Now it’s bland and has worse flavor than just plain oatmeal. Also the texture is way worse. Instead of smooth and creamy it’s tough and chewy. Disgusting. Go ahead and leave the same stock copy/paste reply you leave everyone else about “changing consumer tastes” - I think the deluge of 1 star reviews here speaks for itself. This was a mistake and clearly driven by profits alone. Quarterly line must go up, forever!
1 out of 5 stars
31 October, 2025
originally posted on quakeroats.com

It's awful now
I'm so sad you changed your recipe. I couldn't even finish one packet and then tossed the whole box. It tastes awful. Please bring back the original as an option.
1 out of 5 stars
23 October, 2025
originally posted on quakeroats.com

What happened?
I like Robert Kennedy Junior, but he ruined your quaker oatmeal. I pitched it out. Doesn’t taste the same. It’s awful. I won’t buy it again. Sorry.
1 out of 5 stars
21 October, 2025
originally posted on quakeroats.com

Ack! What was that
Yesterday, I would've given this a 5 star review as I usually have 3 packs with my tea every morning. Then I replenished my supply with an 18 pack from the market. When I made it this morning it was TERRIBLY salty. I thought maybe something was wrong with one of the packs or the water so I grabbed another pack and made a small sample to try. I can only compare my beloved maple and brown sugar oats to what I imagine is what a rusty anchor from the bottom of the sea tastes like. So salty and off putting, I am in shock. 42 years of this beloved instant sweetness that got me through my cold morning bus stops, rushed work mornings, homesick deployments, and now lazy retirement has betrayed me. I'm almost scared to buy another box, will it happen again. Fool me once, shame one you. I don't want to be the fool again.
2 out of 5 stars
13 October, 2025
originally posted on quakeroats.com

What on earth?
I ate this almost daily as a kid. A very long time ago, but not so long that I don't remember Exactly what it used to taste like... Idk what you guys did to it but it's simply awful. I couldn't even finish my bowl. It's oatmeal and sugar- how can you screw it up So Badly?
1 out of 5 stars
26 September, 2025
originally posted on quakeroats.com

Not brown sugar
Have loved this for the longest time but you had to change it up. Don’t call it brown sugar, when it has no sweetness to it. Wish I had not bought the bigger box.
2 out of 5 stars
15 September, 2025
originally posted on quakeroats.com

Shrinkflation
Your shrinkflation is out of control. You are putting so little oatmeal in the packets that the cooking directions are no longer accurate. The 2/3 of a cup fill line on the packets isn't even accurate anymore. I just used a measuring cup to validate this. It actually only holds 1/2 of liquid up to the line. And when you add only 1/2 cup, the oatmeal still doesn't thicken up after more than 2 minutes of microwaving, indicating there is very little actual oatmeal in the packets.
5 out of 5 stars
1 September, 2025
originally posted on quakeroats.com

I think I'm the only one who can taste the differe
What can I say, So they improved the recipe to make it healthier and well it taste worst, but isn't that the trade off, health food usually is bland and weird texture, that's why I choose junk food, but you can't have it both ways so I will adjust to the new taste and texture it's not horrible just different I am glad it's healthier. Nice to see a company try to improve.