How long is a refridgeraed whey protien drink good?
Also, what exactly is the difference between oats and ‘quick oats’? (Is something more done than just cutting them finer?)
[quote]The Opal wrote:
How long is a refridgeraed whey protien drink good?
Also, what exactly is the difference between oats and ‘quick oats’? (Is something more done than just cutting them finer?)[/quote]
In terms of your first question, what kind of refrigerated whey protein drink do you mean? Like the pre-packaged kind or one you whipped up yourself and stuck in the fridge? I know a lot of people on here get worked up about how if you mix a shake yourself and leave it in the fridge too long they fear some kind of protein degradation. I think on that kind of shake you are probably good for 12-24 hours (but I am certainly open to someone else giving a more authoritative answer).
For the oatmeal question, I think that the quick oats are slightly cooked first so that they take less time to cook. I found a link to it on Hormel:
http://www.hormel.com/kitchen/glossary.asp?id=33943&catitemid=
The one thing I am not sure about (especially since it is on a site that is trying to sell you their quick oats) is whether the nutritional profile is identical. I have read the labels and the carbs/fiber and such are the same, but you wonder about any other nutrients that do not appear on labels.
Kuz
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Last time I looked at the Quaker Oats site, the difference was that quick oats are cut up into smaller pieces that absorb water and cook faster. “Classic Oats” or whatever, the good old-fashioned kind, are competely whole oats, which is why they take a bit longer to absorb the water. There was very little else that was different.