Do oreo cookies contain any dairy ingredients?
• ANSWER: Some Oreo cookies do not contain any dairy ingredients as of now. However, they can change at any time to contain actual dairy. We advise checking the ingredient panel. Additionally, they are made on dairy equipment. While it shares many qualities and laws with Pareve products, a dairy-free product that was heated on equipment also used for dairy may not be eaten together with a meat product. It may be eaten immediately after a meat product, but not together. You will not find the DE designation on a product certified by the OU. The OU designates dairy-free products made on dairy equipment with the ‘OU-D’ symbol and not ‘DE’ (Dairy Equipment).
• ANSWER: At this time, the Original Oreo sandwich cookie and Double Stuf sandwich cookie (and ONLY those products) do not directly contain dairy ingredients but are manufactured on dairy equipment. Please bear in mind, however, that the very nature of the OU-D certification denotes that we do not assume any responsibility for the cleanup or for any leftover traces of dairy on the machinery.This is one reason that the OU does not utilize a D.E. designation. Please also bear in mind that Nabisco has the legal right to switch the formula to dairy at any time of their choosing, for which the OU also assumes no responsibility. You should periodically check with O.U. and not rely on the ingredient panel on the label.
