13 things you didn't know about Oreo cookies
- Oreo cookies have been around for decades
- Oreo first appeared on the market in 1912.
- The cookies are vegan and kosher.
You may know Oreo as a delicious cookie with two wafers and a creamy center. But aside from that, you’ve probably never given much more thought to them. It’s just a cookie, after all. Except that it’s not just any cookie. It’s one of the most popular cookies in the world and has been for many years.
The history of Oreo started with a fallout between two brothers, and even today multiple mysteries surround the cookies, like where the name comes from and exactly what color they are.
Here are some things you may not know about this famous treat.
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Oreo first appeared on the market in 1912.
Oreo cookies were first manufactured in 1912 by the National Biscuit Company (Nabisco) and were released as part of a trio of "highest class biscuits" that included Mother Goose Biscuit and Veronese Biscuits, according to Gizmodo. The latter two are long gone, but Oreo was able to stand the test of time.
The plural of Oreo is Oreo … probably.
There's no official statement on the matter, but it would appear that the plural of Oreo is Oreo. The Oreo and Mondelez websites, as well as all of Oreo's social media profiles use "Oreo cookies" when they need to reference more than one cookie. They also maintain the all caps style when referring to Oreo, similar to what’s on the packaging.
The cookies have a long history that includes two feuding brothers and biscuit companies.
Brothers Jacob and Joseph Loose had different ideas about what the future should hold for their corporation, the American Biscuit and Manufacturing Company, according to Serious Eats.
Jacob, who had been president of the company, found himself out of the job due to illness in 1897, and Joseph used that opportunity to make moves of his own. He joined forces with their competitors, New York Biscuit Company and the United States Baking Company, to form National Biscuit Company (Nabisco).
Jacob recovered and decided to form his own company with John Wiles called the Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company, but always fell short of Nabisco's success.
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