Trivia of the day

[spacealien_vamp]

Japanese Oreos come in bags of 18 cookies. (This information is displayed right on the package. If you look at the image in the link, the text reads: "Contains 2 packs of 9 cookies.")

US Oreos come in packages of what I estimate to be 45 cookies. (The web site doesn't tell you this. It only says it contains 18 ounces, however many cookies that may be. I looked up on a nutrition site that one serving = three cookies, and Nabisco's nutrition info says there are "about 15" servings per container. 3 × 15 = 45)

Make of this trivia what you will.

Personally, I prefer the bag that tells me how many cookies are inside, rather than how much the cookies weigh. But maybe that's just me.

This message brought to you thanks to my sudden craving for Oreos (after spotting them at the supermarket), which I hadn't eaten in well over two (three?) years.

Comments

[mangaroo.livejournal.com]

Are Oreos on American shelves packaged in 3 columns? (Just wondering about the odd number.)

I'm surprised to discover that cookie manufacturers aren't required to specify on the package about how many cookies constitute a serving (in addition to providing the weight, which is going to be more accurate for calculating calories). In fact, this page from the FDA indicates it should:

"The serving size of products that come in discrete units, such as cookies, candy bars, and sliced products, is the number of whole units that most closely approximates the reference amount. Cookies are an example. Under the 'bakery products' category, cookies have a reference amount of 30 g. The household measure closest to that amount is the number of cookies that comes closest to weighing 30 g. Thus, the serving size on the label of a package of cookies in which each cookie weighs 13 g would read '2 cookies (26 g).'"

I am not avoiding doing work. Okay, I am.

[devimustang0929.livejournal.com]

I am positive that Oreos come in rows of three back in the states. Can't say for sure how many are in each row, though, since I don't have a habit of counting the junk food I sometimes inhale. But if it *is* in rows of three, why can't the serving numbers just be 15? or 16? or whatever...why about? How does that work when the number is already divisible by 3?

Maybe they're leaving room for machine malfunctions when all the cookies might not make it into a package before being sealed.

The world may never know....