UAE: Authority issues clarification on viral post about Oreo biscuits being non-halal

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Freshly-baked Oreo cookies pass along a conveyor belt at a Kraft Foods' factory in Suzhou, Jiangsu province May 30, 2012. Investment may be powering the Chinese economy but experiments like Oreo's gum cookie, a cookie with a glob of gum sandwiched neatly between a pair of Oreo's iconic dark chocolate biscuits instead of the creamy white "stuff", which for better or worse never made it to store shelves, are a reminder that consumption is rising sharply. That means it is vital for food companies to get the right products into the market, particularly with demand dimming in the United States and Europe. Picture taken May 30, 2012. To match story CHINA-LOCALISATION/OREOS REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD SOCIETY) - GM1E86710Q901
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There is no evidence that substantiates the claim

Staff Writer, Khaleej Times

January 5, 2023

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Freshly-baked Oreo cookies pass along a conveyor belt at a Kraft Foods' factory in Suzhou, Jiangsu province May 30, 2012. Investment may be powering the Chinese economy but experiments like Oreo's gum cookie, a cookie with a glob of gum sandwiched neatly between a pair of Oreo's iconic dark chocolate biscuits instead of the creamy white "stuff", which for better or worse never made it to store shelves, are a reminder that consumption is rising sharply. That means it is vital for food companies to get the right products into the market, particularly with demand dimming in the United States and Europe. Picture taken May 30, 2012. To match story CHINA-LOCALISATION/OREOS REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD SOCIETY) - GM1E86710Q901

Authorities in the UAE have issued a clarification after a social media claim about Oreo biscuits being a non-halal product went viral.

The Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (Adafsa) took note of the post circulating on social media about Oreo biscuits containing alcohol and lard (pig fat) derivatives.

There is no evidence that substantiates the claim, Adafsa said.

“Regarding the first claim that Oreo biscuit products contain a percentage of alcohol, there are many food products that contain small percentages of ethanol, resulting from natural fermentation that occurs during the processing steps. This is normal … in food products,” the authority said.

Adafsa verifies that these products comply with the “limits, ratios and controls” contained in the UAE standard.

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