EXHIBIT 21






                              State of Subsidiary
                                       
                                       
                                 Incorporation
                                       
                                       
                            THE QUAKER OATS COMPANY
                                       
                                       
                                       
                  ACTIVE DOMESTIC SUBSIDIARIES AS OF 12/31/98
                                       
                                       
                                       
SUBSIDIARY                                STATE OF INCORPORATION
                                          
The Gatorade Company                      Delaware
                                          
Gatorade Puerto Rico Company              Delaware
                                          
Golden Grain Company                      California
                                          
Grocery International Holdings, Inc.      Delaware
                                          
QO Coffee Holdings Inc.                   Delaware
                                          
Quaker Oats Asia, Inc.                    Delaware
                                          
Quaker Oats Europe, Inc.                  Illinois
                                          
Quaker Oats Holdings, Inc.                Delaware
                                          
Quaker Oats Music, Inc.                   Delaware
                                          
Quaker Oats Philippines, Inc.             Delaware
                                          
Quaker South Africa, Inc.                 Delaware
                                          
Quaker Spain, Inc.                        Delaware
                                          
Stokely-Van Camp, Inc.                    Indiana
                                          
SVC Equipment Company                     Delaware
                                          
SVC Latin America, Inc.                   Delaware
                                          
SVC Latin America, LLC                    Delaware
                                          
                                       
                                       
                  ACTIVE FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES AS OF 12/31/98

                                       
SUBSIDIARY                                         COUNTRY

Elaboradora Argentina de Cereales, S.A.            Argentina

The Gatorade Company of Australia Pty. Ltd.        Australia

Quaker Oats Australia, Pty. Ltd.                   Australia

Quaker Oats Foreign Sales Corp.                    Barbados

QUIC Ltd.                                          Bermuda

Quaker Brasil, Ltda.                               Brazil

Fester Industria Alimenticia Ltda.                 Brazil

The Quaker Oats Company of Canada Limited          Canada

Quaker de (Chile) Ltda.                            Chile

Guangzhou Quaker Oats Food and Beverage Co. Ltd.   China

Productos Quaker, S.A.                             Colombia

Quaker Oats Limited                                England

Quaker Trading Limited                             England

The Quaker Beverages GmbH                          Germany

Quaker Beverages Italia, S.p.A.                    Italy

Quaker Oats Japan, Ltd.                            Japan

Quaker Products (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.               Malaysia

Productos Quaker de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.           Mexico

Quaker de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.                     Mexico

Quaker Oats B.V.                                   The Netherlands

QO Puerto Rico, Inc.                               Puerto Rico

Quaker Bebidas, S.L.                               Spain

Productos Quaker, C.A.                             Venezuela


                                       


                        DOMESTIC JOINT VENTURES
                                   

Rhone Poulenc                            The Quaker Oats Company   50%
                                         Rhone Poulenc             50%
                                          
                                   
Uni-Quaker Ltd. South Africa             Quaker South Africa, Inc. 50%
                                         Uni-mill Pty. Ltd.        50%
                                         
                                       

                                   
                        FOREIGN JOINT VENTURES
                                   

P.T. Gatorade Indonesia            The Quaker Oats Company           90%
                                   P.T. AdeS Alfinda Putrasetia      10%
                                                                 
Shanghai Guan Sheng Yuan Quaker    The Quaker Oats Company           70%
Oats Co. Ltd.                      Guan Sheng Yuan                   30%
                                                                 
Shanghai Quaker Oats Beverages Co. The Quaker Oats Company           80%
Ltd.                               Shanghai Bomy Foodstuffs Co. Ltd. 10%
                                   Chou Chin Industrial (H.K.) Ltd.  10%