Oreo Disaster!!

Forget the world ending in 2012, the world as I know it has already ended!!

Oreos in UK and Europe are NOT vegan. I repeat, NOT VEGAN!!

I stumbled across an article which said the words I never wanted to read. "Oreos may not be vegan."


How could this be? Oreos are one of the fantastic 'accidently' vegan products that I love to gobble shamelessly on a Sunday night in front of the telly.


Still in denial I read a little further and found many contradicting web pages, some telling me they are vegan, some telling me that they use whey powder (derived from milk), and some even telling that oreos may not even be vegetarian!


I went to the god of biscuits, the oreo webpage and their FAQ and found out the truth:

Is Oreo suitable for vegetarians? Oreo is currently not suitable for vegetarians. However, our Research and Development team are trying out ways of making it veggie-friendly, and are optimistic that we could make an Oreo perfect for a vegetarian diet soon. Fingers crossed!  Is Oreo suitable for vegans? Oreo is currently not suitable for vegans because the recipe contains whey powder. We’re also hoping to work on a vegan option soon, so watch this space. Whey-powder free, vegan-happy Oreo will hopefully be available soon. Exciting!

Bad news. Very bad news.


Still in Denial... I looked into it a little further. Apparently these sly little devils up and change their ingredients as often as I change my bed sheets (fairly often...cough).


So where do vegans go from here? Do we simply make sure to check the ingredients on the packet each time we go to buy our fix of oreos? Or do we boycott a company that seems to have such wavering ethics and quite honestly doesn't seem to be too reliable?