1. Do the oat grains get checked in a lab before they’re accepted at the business where they get processed?

2. Which part of a grain cleaning machine can detect metal impurities, like screws and metal shards?

3. What kind of action separates larger and smaller impurities from the oat grains?

4. Which special process happens in the machine that separates small rocks from the oat grains?

5. How do unusable grains get recognized and separated at the factory?

6. How is each oat grain separated from its hull?

7. Why are the oat groats steamed before flattening?

8. How are steamed groats made into flakes?

9. Why is oatmeal sifted before it goes into a package?

10. When you’re finished, where do you throw away the cardboard container that your whole grain oatmeal was in?