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The most successful rebranding of agricultural runoff in modern history. - Oats are a grain. Oat milk is oats liquefied with enzymes and then diluted until they pour. - The primary ingredient, after water, is a starch slurry. You are paying premium prices for warm starch water. - The enzymatic processing converts starch to maltose. A glass of oat milk triggers roughly the same glycaemic response as a glass of Ribena. The barista version has added oil. - That oil is usually rapeseed or sunflower. Seed oil. In your morning coffee. Presented as the health-conscious choice. - Oats contain avenin, a prolamin protein structurally similar to gliadin in wheat. Cross-reactivity with gluten sensitivity: documented. - Phytic acid content binds zinc and iron. The trace minerals on the label are largely unavailable. The bioavailability of plant iron from oats versus haem iron from beef: approximately 3% versus 25%. - Most commercial oats are glyphosate-desiccated prior to harvest. Residue testing in oat products has been consistent enough to generate several rounds of investigative journalism and at least one class action. The grain that spent six thousand years as livestock fodder is now the ethical breakfast. The cow that ate it is the problem.