Are oreos vegan?

Question

Other vegans I know have had oreos but I googled and something came up about they aren't?... pls help lol

Mountainmystic · Answer

Technically no. Oreos are not vegan, since they are made on machines that can come in contact with dairy milk products.  Plus if you look at the ingredients, it is junk processed food. High fructose corn syrup, artificial chemicals and flavors, bleached flour, etc. May taste good but bad for your health and body.  The truth doesn't always taste good. 😀

BreakfastKlutz · Answer

Shared equipment does not generally stop a product from being vegan, equipment is cleaned between batches. There are of course no guarantees that there will not be cross contamination, but that risk exists nearly everywhere. Notification of shared equipment is due to allergens. However in this instance Oreo themselves state that the product is not vegan, their phrasing is a lot stronger than general allergen statements: "No, Oreo have milk as cross contact and therefore they are not suitable for vegans." https://www.oreo.co.uk/faq The same answer was also recently provided by Oreo in the U.S.A Regardless of whether you agree with them, or see their statement as over-cautious, Oreos contain palm oil which is well known to be directly responsible for the deaths of Orangutans and other wild animals, both directly and due to massive habitat loss.

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