Oreo Ingredients Breakdown — Why They Score So Low
Product Review5 min readMarch 29, 2026

Oreo Ingredients Breakdown — Why They Score So Low

The world's best-selling cookie contains high fructose corn syrup, palm oil, and more soy lecithin than you would expect.

America's favorite cookie

Oreos sell over 450 million dollars worth annually in the United States alone. They are available in more than 100 countries. But popularity does not equal quality.

Inside the cookie

Oreos contain sugar, unbleached enriched flour, high oleic canola oil or palm oil, cocoa processed with alkali, high fructose corn syrup, leavening agents, cornstarch, salt, soy lecithin, vanillin, and unsweetened chocolate.

Sugar appears first. High fructose corn syrup appears as a second sweetener on top of the sugar. The cocoa is alkalized, stripping most beneficial flavonoids. Vanillin is synthetic vanilla from petroleum or wood pulp.

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