i'm pretty sure the only kind that are raw are called "raw oat groats."

http://www.sprouthouse.com/Oat_Groats_RAW_p/oatgr.htm

No, they are not considered to be raw because they are heated during the rolling out process. As joannabanana said raw oat groats are the only true type of raw oats. This being said however rolled oats are very good for you because they have tons of soluble fibers, are high in magnesium and selenium, so if you cant get oat groats rolled oats would be excellent for you.

http://lilearthmuffin.wordpress.com/

I have been wondering, I noticed that my my mail-order supposedly raw rolled oates have little grooves in them while the regular store-bought ones don't - maybe there really is a way to roll oates without overheating them?

No they are not raw at all, they steam them during the rolling process. Also you can't eat truly raw oats because oats and other grains are actually very toxic to humans and cannot be digested correctly.

oh, thanks for the info. I got them from natural-zing, shame on them for the false info...

Yep unfortunately many companies do this Im actually going to make a post soon that has a list of foods that are supposedly raw but are heat treated at some point or another

That's nice of you, Kurite. Some people will choose to eat non-raw items, and that's fine, but it's not cool to be misled.

hey kurite, where'd you find that out about grains being very toxic to humans when raw? that is very interesting!!

I just put up a post on some foods that are not actually raw and ill make sure to put up an article about grains being toxic.