Is there beaver secretions in certain oatmeal brands

Contradicted by strong evidence

What we can confirm

Castoreum, a secretion from glands near beavers’ anus, is legally permitted as a GRAS “natural flavor” and was historically used in some foods, but expert sources report that its use in modern mass-produced foods is now extremely rare to essentially nonexistent, with no identified current oatmeal brands using it; thus the claim that certain present-day oatmeal brands contain beaver secretions is not supported by available evidence.

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Checked July 27, 2026