The next iteration of Queal complete foods is in development! :smile:

[Floris_Queal]

Thank you @SilentException ! Great to see you chime in and for the constructive feedback. I haven't tried it yet with almond milk, but will definitely try that too

[SilentException]

Do you do this with cold water/milk? I know by my own experience that if you heat up the protein... does not go well. It becomes uneatable.

Both, in my experience it depends on the powder used. I also used to mixed the powder and water first and then heat it up (stove or microwave). But yes, I had many failed and weird attempts

It feels that those who are used to have "raw" oatmeal in the morning might feel the same. Oatmeal is not sweet on its own and I, too, quite like it that way. Would you say it would have been better without any flavouring or another flavouring?

Yes, I think I would like it just the same or possibly even more because of possibilities. Oats - bland taste of awesomeness.

[jakejones88]

To be honest, my major issue with the Instant Oats is that the flavour is (in my opinion) significantly worse than almost any other instant oats I've ever tried. Tastes somehow bitter... artificial, and not enough of oats. (Whereas regular Queal to me tastes delicious)

[jakejones88]

Best way I can describe the flavour, now I think about it, is 'sickly'.

[Skymirrh]

So, I finished my sample of Instant Oats. I had 6 meals with it (4 x 100g, 2 x 50g). See previous post for first experience with 100g + 100ml boiling water.

As suspected, I only couldn't finish the first meal because I wasn't used to the texture yet, it wasn't an issue with next meals. Flavour was still completely absent in subsequent tries. If this was a batch issue or just another instance of me having an horrible taste is still to be determined.

Details:

• 50g + 100ml water (boiling): wanted to try a less dense version. Contrary to @SilentException's opinion above, I found this to be way too watery for my taste. In the end, the densy porridge texture felt more appealing to me. Different strokes for different people...
• 100g + 100ml water (at room temperature): not a big difference when compared to boiling water, though the texture felt less well mixed, rawer.
• 100g + 100ml water (heated up with microwave): couldn't sense a difference vs. directly using boiling water.
• 100g + 100ml milk (heated up with microwave): seems like milk is absorbed less easily than water. Texture was more like the 50g + 100ml boiling water experience than the 100g + 100ml boiling water one. Tasted better with milk though.
• 50g + 35ml milk: texture was more akin to the 100g + 100ml boiling water experience. Tasted better as well.

Was sad to run out of the stuff and not being able to try more things, such as blending in extra whey protein!

Overall I liked it. The fact I couldn't taste any particular flavour was not a issue. Not sure if I would buy it -- will depend on the protein/€ price point.

This gave me ideas to try something else:

• 100g Steady (Chocolate) + 100ml boiling water: texture was too watery. Taste was still very present.
• 100g Steady (Chocolate) + 50ml boiling water: texture is denser but still not as much as oats. Required a good amount of kneading with my spoon though, so not sure I could reduce much more without having to knead for like 15 minutes.

I will try with milk next...

[Latestfuels]

That was a very detailed report. It is good to you tried different things. Almost like a scientific experiment. Now you only need the control, aka try normal oats. Tempted at all?

100g + 100ml water (at room temperature): not a big difference when compared to boiling water, though the texture felt less well mixed, rawer.

This seems increadibly dense to me when comparing to regular oats. But perhaps I'm wrong. I never used to measure the water.

Flavour was still completely absent in subsequent tries. If this was a batch issue or just another instance of me having an horrible taste is still to be determined.

Do you think flavour should be stronger?

Anyhow thank you

[Jiska_Queal]

Hmm, that’s not what we we’re hoping for, of course

Sorry to hear this excact recipe is not your cup of tea, thanks a lot for trying though!

[Jiska_Queal]

Wow, thanks a lot for experimenting and sharing all the details. Very helpful ️

We’ll keep you guy posted on further iterations and of course, the final Queal Instant Oats recipe and it’s price!

[Jiska_Queal]

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