There must be a rule that every new snack and candy bar introduction must be accompanied by silly factoids. Or perhaps the accompanying website content developers and press release writers are just sapped dry for interesting ways to pitch sugar and partially hydrogenated fats at us. At any rate, Nabisco doesn’t want you to miss these fascinating Mini-Oreo facts: “There will be enough Mini Oreo cookies produced during the next year to cover a two-lane highway from New York to Los Angeles. If every Mini Oreo cookie made in the next year were placed side-by-side they would encircle the world 36 times.” Here’s one about regular-sized Oreos: “Research also shows that 84 percent of men prefer to eat their Oreo cookies intact, while 41 percent of women like to pull them apart.” Hmmmm. (Health note: McDonald’s old method of frying in beef tallow may actually be healthier than their use of partially hydrogenated vegetable oils. I hope trans-fat labeling happens.)
