Oreo cookie
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Two Oreo cookies
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| Product type | Sandwich cookie |
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| Owner | Nabisco (Mondelēz International) and Cadbury |
| Country | United States |
| Introduced | March 6, 1912 |
| Markets | World Wide |
| Tagline | "Wonderfilled" "Milk's favo[u]rite cookie" "Only Oreo" |
| Website | Oreo.com |
Oreo (/ˈɔːrioʊ/) is a commercial brand of cookie consisting of two chocolate wafers with a sweet creme filling in between, and (as of 1974) are marketed as "Chocolate Sandwich Cookies" on the package. The version currently sold in the United States is made by the Nabisco division of Mondelēz International. Oreo has become the best-selling cookie in the United States since its introduction in 1912.
The origin of the name Oreo is unknown, but there are many hypotheses, including derivations from the French word 'Or', meaning gold (as early packaging was gold), or the Greek word "Ωραίο" (/ɔ.ˈɾɛ.ɔ/), meaning beautiful, nice or well done. Others believe that the cookie was named Oreo because it was short and easy to pronounce. Another theory is that the name derives from the Latin Oreodaphne a genus of the laurel family. In her book BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts, food writer Stella Parks notes that the original design of the Oreo includes a laurel wreath, and several of Nabisco's cookies at the time had botanically derived names including Avena, Lotus, and Helicon (Heliconia)
The "Oreo Biscuit" was first developed and produced by the National Biscuit Company (today known as Nabisco) in 1912 at its Chelsea, Manhattan factory in the current-day Chelsea Market complex, located on Ninth Avenue between 15th and 16th Streets. Today, this same block of Ninth Avenue is known as "Oreo Way." The name Oreo was first trademarked on March 14, 1912. It was launched as an imitation of the Hydrox cookie manufactured by Sunshine company, introduced in 1908.
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