We live how much creme goes into Double - Stuf Oreos ( 1.86 timesthe normal amount ) , and how farseeing to dunk an Oreo to pass the optimal Milk River - to - cookie ratio ( about3 seconds ) , but the cooky ’s recipe remains a mystery . Nabisco keeps the rule a secret , but there is one matter we know for certain : The " creme " in Oreo filling is n’t made of cream at all .

agree toExtra Crispy , the white stuff sandwich at the centre of Oreo biscuit reach its creamy goodness without any dairy farm . Though the exact formula has never been disclose , you could deduce from the ingredients listing on a packet of Oreos that the creme is made from some compounding of sugar , high fructose Indian corn syrup , soy lecithin , artificial feeling , and palm and/or canola oil . Many commercialwhite frostingsare made from basically the same ingredient . Because the filling does n’t comprise any literal ointment , the FDA requires that Oreos be label " creme"-filled instead of cream - fill up .

So does the lack of cream or butter make the world ’s best - betray cookie accidentally vegan ? It’scomplicated . While they ’ve always been dairy - free , Oreos originally contained pig lard . The manufacturers got disembarrass of the ingredient in 1997 , making the cookies bothkosherand vegetarian .

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As for whether or not they ’re vegan , Nabisco’sofficial statementon the topic is " Oreos have Milk River as crabbed - contact and therefore are not desirable for vegans . " Oreos are made in factories that also process dairy , so even if there ’s no Milk River in the recipe , trace sum may contaminate the cooky . That means anyone who can’t — or does n’t want to — ingest dairy farm under any circumstances should fend off them , but if you ’re less rigid with your veganism , there ’s a wholeworld of Oreosout there for you to attempt .

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