Is it okay to eat uncooked oats?
Uncooked rolled oats you see in the grocery store are not the same as raw oats. Raw oats come straight from the field with the whole oat plant still intact--kernels, hulls, and stalks. Rolled oats, on the other hand, have gone through processing, which includes pre-steam and heat treatments to kill potentially harmful pathogens. [5] So yes, you can eat rolled oats without cooking. This recipe calls for rolled oats, either quick-cooking (instant) or regular (old-fashioned) and both have undergone processing.