7 Things you never knew about OREO!

Oreos are known as the world's best-selling cookie and are sold in over 100 countries. But did you know these 10 facts about this twistable, lickable and essencially perferct cookie?

1-The Oreo was created on March 6, 1912.

Oreos were first manufactured at the Nabisco factory in New York City on March 6, 2016. Oreo released two flavors that year including original Oreos and lemon meringue flavor , which was discontinued in 1920.

2-More than 123.000 tons of creme are made each year!

Oreo bakeries make more than 123,000  tons of creme to fill their perfect cookies. Each original Oreo cookie is 29 percent creme and 71 percent cookie.

3-It takes 59 minutes to make an Oreo.

 

Each Oreo wafer is baked for exactly 290.6 seconds at a teperature of 400°F from above and 300° below.

4-More than 500 Billion Oreo cookies have been sold.

Since 1912, nearly half a trillion Oreo cookies have been sold around the world. In 2011 alone , more than 10 billion were sold.

5- Enough Oreos have existed to wrap around the Earth 381 times.

 

If all of the Oreos ever manyfactured in the world were stacked on top of each other, they would reach the moon and back more than five times.

6- Oreos are as addictive as cocaine .

 

A 2013 study suggests that the fats and sugars inOreos make this cookie just as addictive as psychoative drugs!

7-The Origin  name "Oreo" remains a mystery!

 

Eventough , It is said that it was named after the origine of the name Oreo from the French word for "Gold" or the Greek word for "beautiful".

8- The National Oreo Day is March 6.

 

You can celebrate the National Oreo Day to honor the birthday of the best cookie in the World.

 

 

Enjoy your  evreyday  Oreos!