I tested all the supermarket easy cook porridge oats – the winner was smooth, filling & also the cheapest
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KING Charles has started flogging his favourite royal breakfast – porridge with honey – from his Sandringham estate. To enjoy a bowl of HRH’s oats costs an extortionate £8.50, but it’s much easier and a lot cheaper to rustle up your own at home.
![[Woman eating porridge.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/NINTCHDBPICT000962828793.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
In fact, you can spend less than £2 on 270g that can be heated with ease in the microwave. Here, Thea Jacobs puts a selection of ready-to-make oat sachets to the test to see which is the best for taste and value, giving each a score out of five. THIS tastes exactly like you’ve just liquidised the oats.
![[Oatmeal porridge and a cup of coffee.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/oatmeal-porridge-bowl-black-coffee-962835442.jpg?strip=all&w=641)
It’s easy to do and the line on the packaging is clear so you know just how much milk to add. It’s creamy and can be served up really quickly. That said, it’s much more expensive than the stores’ own-label brands. THIS is cheap and it’s not hard to see why.
![[Box of Quaker Oat So Simple Original porridge.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/02d8d98d-1504-45e2-be9e-f304bd2cced2.jpg?strip=all&w=610)
The packets don’t have a line to show how much milk to add, which makes it hard to judge. I didn’t use too much milk, but it was still watery. Not surprising as the oats are very small – and you don’t get nice oaty bites. THESE are very filling, which is great given how cheap they are.
![[Box of Tesco Easy Oats Original Scottish Oats (10 sachets).]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/7ccb2c5f-a954-408f-87d0-90ba4e15d8d9.jpg?strip=all&w=610)
Unlike many of the other own-brand offerings, there is a clear line to show how much milk to add. The result is on the smooth end of the porridge scale as it’s hard to see any real lumps. THIS is another offering without a measuring line for the milk, meaning you have to guess or dig out a jug.
![[ASDA Original Porridge Sachets box; 10 sachets, 2 1/2 minutes preparation time.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/f3a2b619-fe1d-479c-8695-a713a38e627b.jpg?strip=all&w=605)
