5 Interesting Facts About Oreos You May Not Have Known

Have you ever wanted to find out a little more about Oreos? Oreos are a simply delicious treat, and they’re pretty much irresistible (especially with a glass of cool, refreshing milk). However, did you know these delicious, creamy biscuits might be hiding some secrets between their double layers? With this thought in mind, today, we’re looking at five interesting facts and secrets about Oreo biscuits that you might not have known to help round out your knowledge about these super-sweet treats.

5 Interesting Facts About Oreos You May Not Have Known

#1 There’s No Cream!

One of the most surprising facts for many people about Oreos is actually in relation to their recipe. Indeed, while Oreos do technically have cross contact with milk, their recipe doesn’t contain milk specifically – meaning that there’s no actual cream in them. Isn’t that amazing? However, they’re not vegan or lactose-intolerant friendly, unfortunately, due to the potential milk exposure of Oreo cookies.

#2 Oreos Are Over A Century Old

If you ever look at the design of an Oreo and think they look quite intricate for a modern cookie, that could be because they actually originated in 1912 – over a century ago. For reference, that’s before the First World War broke out!

#3 There Was Once a Lemon Meringue Flavor

Love lemon meringue? We do – but perhaps not as an Oreo cookie. Still, this was genuinely something that the brand tried as part of their earlier collection of flavors and recipes. Still, lemon meringue Oreos were dropped in 1920, and we don’t really miss the concept all that much if we’re being honest here.

#4 They’re Not Unique

Oreos might be the go-to name for crème-filled cookies, but they weren’t the first to invent this concept. In fact, this award goes to the Hydrox cookies, which first appeared several years earlier in 1908. Unfortunately for Hydrox, though, Oreo cookies stole the show instead.

#5 Over 500 Billion Have Sold Worldwide

To top off this list, what else could we include other than the staggering statistic that over 500 billion Oreos have sold worldwide since they were first launched over a century ago? That’s a staggering number of biscuits – and it becomes even more impressive when you consider that that’s over 1,000 billion individual oreo biscuits (considering each has two layers).

Final Thoughts

They’re something of a national treasure – but you probably now know a little more about those surprising secrets most people don’t actually realize about Oreos! From their deceptively creamy taste – there’s no cream involved, folks! – to their surprisingly long life and more, Oreos are really quite surprising. But that doesn’t make us love them any less.

Here at Upper, we’re proud to support professional biscuit-making brands in their own treat-creating endeavors thanks to our automated packing and production lines. Automated systems like ours are what make it possible to produce so many oreos around the world; in short, without them, you might not be able to indulge as much in your favorite biscuits after all.