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Trans-Saturated fat
I removed the following text from the article. "Trans-saturated" is a contradiction in terms. If anyone with a clue about this cares to correct the following, then they can return it to the article.
On May 13, 2003, attorney Stephen Joseph filed a lawsuit charging Nabisco with using hydrogenated (or partially hydrogenated) oils (trans fats) to make the cookies. The suit was dropped as Nabisco considered replacing the hydrogenated oils with alternative oils. Joseph admitted he filed the lawsuit to call attention to the matter, and he considered his motion successful. As of January 2006, classic Oreo cookies are no longer manufactured with hydrogenated oils. [1] Other varieties may not have eliminated hydrogenated oils completely.
The trans-fats had been added to the Oreo recipe to replace its original fat, lard.[2] Earlier outcry regarding these types of saturated fats is what prompted the change to use more unsaturated fats in the first place.[3][4] — Preceding unsigned comment added by TomViza (talk • contribs) 11:57, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
Halloween/Spring oreos
also deserve a section in the article — Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.169.48.61 (talk) 17:56, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
Etymology
the cookie was made with LARD -- i always assumed the name was a play on "oleo".
is that not even a theory out there? 173.9.95.217 (talk) 19:25, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
I recall seeing an Oreo commercial on TV years ago which poked fun at the source of the name being unknown. It depicted the possibility that people at the company were having a meeting to try to name them, and they asked a guy who had a mouthful of the cookies, "what do you think we should call them?" and he tried to say "I don't know" but it came out "o re o" since his mouth was full. If anybody has a source for this, please add; all I have is my recollection of seeing it. 192.54.250.11 (talk) 22:50, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
Issue
Reading this article it's impossible to discover what oreos actually are. 'sandwich cookie' could mean anything. you might get a vague idea if you carefully read the whole thing, have substantial external knowledge, and piece together bits of subtext which may or may not be accurate. reading this article you'll learn more about what oreos used to be than what they are, in addition to the fact that people around the world like oreos because they are best-selling "cookies". thats true, i guess, but if you were to look up cookies, they have very little in common with actually-existing oreos. what are oreos? we just don't know. 82.24.173.174 (talk) 01:39, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
It seems pretty obvious to me. A sandwich cookie is one that has a filling between layers, like meat between two slices of bread is a sandwich. The rest of the article is quite clear, too. Either it's been cleaned up a lot since the last time you read it, or I think it's just you. 192.54.250.11 (talk) 22:41, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
- ^ Ban Trans Fats: The Campaign to Ban Partially Hydrogenated Oils
- ^ For every fad, another cookie - Diet, New York City - chicagotribune.com
- ^ Ascherio A, Stampfer MJ, Willett WC. "Trans fatty acids and coronary heart disease". Retrieved 2006-09-14.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Mary G. Enig, PhD. "The Tragic Legacy of Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)". Retrieved 2006-05-02.