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Quick verdict
Overall No clear overall winner: it depends on what you need.
Quaker and Meadows are close overall (76 vs 74, too small a gap to call a clear winner). Meadows costs less per 100 g (about ₱21.90 vs ₱23.40) and its product name matches its FDA registration exactly, but its store opened in June 2025 and the listing has 113 ratings. Quaker has the biggest buyer record (48,169 ratings, 100K+ sold) from its official Mall store, but its listing prints no registration number and no nutrition table.
Choose Quaker if
You want the brand with the biggest buyer record and its own Mall store, and accept a listing with no nutrition table, serving size or origin.
Choose Meadows if
You want the lower price per 100 g and a name that matches its FDA registration exactly, and accept a young store (June 2025) and a listing with no ingredient list or origin.
The overall pick follows the weighted Wellness Picks score (76 vs 74 out of 100), not the number of criteria won below.
Head-to-head summary
Rows come from each product’s record and from the guide that ranks both. Prices checked 2026-10-16. We did not use or test either product.
Criterion by criterion
Where the evidence is not strong enough to call a winner, we say so.
What you will care about when choosing
Meadows is about ₱21.90 per 100 g (₱175 for 800 g). Quaker is about ₱23.40 per 100 g (₱281 for the 1.2 kg bag; the 1.2 kg jar is about ₱29.90).
Evidence: Shopee prices in our oats guide.
Quaker: 4.95 stars from 48,169 ratings and 100K+ sold. Meadows: 4.91 stars from 113 ratings and 503 sold.
Evidence: Both Shopee listings.
Meadows makes no health claim beyond "wholesome" and "nutritious". Quaker's is a general diet line ("a healthy diet rich in whole grains … may reduce the risk of heart disease").
Evidence: Both Shopee listings.
Neither listing gives a nutrition table or a serving size.
Evidence: Both Shopee listings.
From our weighted scoring
22 vs 24 out of 25 points.
7 vs 4 out of 20 points.
14 vs 17 out of 20 points.
9 vs 9 out of 10 points.
15 vs 10 out of 15 points.
9 vs 10 out of 10 points.
Final result
Rounds count every row equally. The weighted Wellness Picks score does not, and it decides the pick. On the scoring axes, a lead of at least 10% of the axis points counts as a round won.
Evidence and limits
- Quaker: listing checked 2026-10-16; registration FR-4000011901822.
- Meadows: listing checked 2026-10-16; registration FR-1991534.
- We compare what each listing and the FDA record state; we did not use or test either product.
- Not compared for lack of evidence: taste, texture, cooking time and nutrition (neither listing gives a table).
- Quaker holds several current records for rolled oats (for example FR-4000011901822, valid to 20 May 2031) but its listing prints no FR number, so we cannot say which applies. Meadows "Whole Rolled Oatmeal" is FR-1991534 (valid to 16 May 2031).
- Neither listing gives an expiry date. Meadows' store joined Shopee in June 2025.
- Prices change; a price change does not change a score unless we re-score the product. This is general information, not medical advice.
- Fact-checked and reviewed by WellnessPicks team on 2026-10-25.
