Quaker instant oats was something my parents bought and it’s a staple in my household. Unfortunately the last two boxes we’ve purchased tasted awful like stale and moldy cardboard. At first I assumed the boxes were expired but they were still good. Now I’m finding out the recipe changed and it seems like I will have to part ways with my comfort breakfast meal. To the company, You’re overcharging for knockoff “sugar”. -Former Fan

I think they must have changed the "natural" flavors used to emulate brown sugar and maple syrup. It tastes okay, but the smell is overwhelming. It tooks a long wash to get the smell off of my fingers. It's still somewhere in my kitchen, 12 hours later. I've washed the bowl, wiped counters, cleaned my sink, and microwaved water with vinegar to try and get the smell out. It's disgusting. And the longer it lingers, the most I associate it with something unnatural.

As a husband I do almost all the shopping. This maple, brown sugar, has just the right balance of flavors my wife and I love, and it gives us that full satisfying feeling after downing that bowl. I always in the past kept one box of this oatmeal in the pantry until one morning I used the last 2 packs in the box, Big mistake on my part when wife went to fix her a bowl. I now keep 2 boxes at all times, and when the first box is empty, I buy another box. Wife stays happy, because if she's happy I am happy, and if she is not happy, well just run out of her favorite Quaker oatmeal to find out.

Thank you very much Quakeroats for making the version of this breakfast MUCH healthier. I read the ingredients and immediately noticed the change, the oatmeal is no longer way too sweet and full of sugar, which is just perfect! I can now eat this oatmeal everyday, whereas before I couldn't touch the stuff because it was so sweet and felt wrong to eat for breakfast. Thanks for vastly improving this product!

What have you done to my favourite cereal. I would have Quaker maple and brown sugar instant oatmeal every morning and sometimes after work if I didnt feel like cooking, but the texture now feels like wallpaper paste. Please bring back the old one or at least let people choose the paste or the original. I prefer the original maple and brown sugar.

Maple and brown sugar oatmeal is one of my all time favorites and I always get a package then add another to try each time I get oatmeal at the store. I make sure that I have it on hand for breakfast and occasionally for a snack. Quick to fix and very satisfying to me. Thanks for making it available.

The lower sugar maple and brown sugar change is awful. It smells like celery and the smell doesn't leave my hands after opening the packet. No matter how many times I wash. I will not be buying this anymore. It was my daily breakfast. Bye-bye Quaker. Shame.

I'm so disappointed in the negative comments from the folks that have been eating Quaker since the 70's!!!! This hasn't changed...YOU HAVE!!! (Please don't try the Cap'n Crunch you old farts!!!) Just had a dbl bowl of Maple/Brown Sugar. I'm so satisfied...happy actually! Continued Success (apologies for the attack...I'm just kidding...stay healthy above everything)

I appreciate the fact that quaker is attempting to go healthy with the packets, the instant oatmeal market used to be tainted with less than healthy packages, but what have you sacrificed for being super healthy? I love the taste of maple and brown sugar, and still enjoy it, but I recall a few years ago there was MUCH more flavoring and taste. Granted the calories and fat content was probably more, but how much I do not recall, I only wish there was a happy medium ground, I still like the hint of taste and that deserves 4 stars, but to reach that 5 star mark they need to provide additional flavoring or adjust and have healthy and normal packages... I honestly should give this product 3 stars, as in large boxes of the product (40+ packs) I have found a couple that have zero flavoring or mixes at all, just oats... This is heavily disappointing and quality control needs to be adjusted.

I tried oatmeal for the first time in my life about a month ago and I decided that I really really like it. So I bought a box and started eating it every morning, and within two weeks I had lost 4 pounds! I tried almost all of the other flavors and decided that I like maple and brown sugar the best, but the other flavors are quite good too. (Not the weight control ones though) Some days I add a little cinnamon to mine to add a little extra flavor. I hope that Quaker keeps the formula just as it is because in my opinion it is perfect!