14 Facts About Oats

Oats are a nutrient-rich food associated with lower blood cholesterol when consumed regularly.

Oats are usually considered a secondary crop, i e, derived from a weed of the primary cereal domesticates, then spreading westward into cooler, wetter areas favorable for oats, eventually leading to their domestication in regions of the Middle East and Europe.

Oats are an annual plant, and can be planted either in autumn or in the spring .

Oats have numerous uses in foods; most commonly, they are rolled or crushed into oatmeal, or ground into fine oat flour.

Oats are an ingredient in many cold cereals, in particular muesli and granola.

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Oats are widely used there as a thickener in soups, as barley or rice might be used in other countries.

Oats are commonly used as feed for horses when extra carbohydrates and the subsequent boost in energy are required.

Oats are the only cereal containing a globulin or legume-like protein, avenalin, as the major storage protein.

Oats are sown in the spring or early summer in colder areas, as soon as the soil can be worked.

Oats are cold-tolerant and are unaffected by late frosts or snow.

Oats are relatively free from diseases and pests with the exception being leaf diseases, such as leaf rust and stem rust.

Oats can be left standing until completely ripe and then combined with a grain head.

Oats were gathered into shocks, and then collected and run through a stationary threshing machine.

Oats are fed by gravity onto the centre of a horizontally spinning impeller, which accelerates them towards an outer mill ring.