Oreo
| Oreo | |
| Land | USA |
|---|---|
| År | |
| Huvudinnehåll | Vetemjöl, socker, fettreducerad kakao |
| Matsort | Kex |
Oreo (OREO i företagets marknadsföring) är ett dubbelt chokladkex med fyllning och tillverkas av Mondelēz International. Oreo finns i mängder av varianter världen över och är det bäst säljande kexet i världen.[1]
Det finns en gata i New York som kallas för Oreo Way. Den ligger på Ninth Avenue, mellan 15th Street och 16th Street på samma plats som den första Nabisco-fabriken låg. Där tillverkades det första Oreo-kexet år
Det finns olika teorier om hur Oreo fick sitt namn, men inte ens tillverkaren vet vad som är sant. Slogan är: Vrid. Slicka. Doppa.
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Harry K.
In , a group of eight large New York City bakeries combined to form the New York Biscuit Company and built a giant six-story factory in West Chelsea. Eight years later, they merged with their competitor, Chicago’s American Biscuit and Manufacturing to form an even larger conglomerate the National Biscuit Company, but the factory and headquarters remained in Chelsea. In , the National Biscuit Company put their abbreviated company name on a box of wafers for the first time Nabisco. Soon, Nabisco became the company’s official name.
On April 2, , the National Biscuit Company announced to their sales team that they were introducing three “highest class biscuits,” in a grouping they called the “ third, the Oreo Biscuit, did. “Two beautifully embossed chocolate-flavored wafers with a rich cream filling,” the Oreo Biscuit was sold in a yellow tin with a glass cover for approximately 30 cents a pound (about $ today). While it went national in April, it was just a month before that the National Biscuit Company first registered the product with the US Patent and Trademark Office (registration number ). It is commonly stated the given date of registration was March 6th,
How Oreos Got Their Name: The Rise of an American Icon
It was during this time that brothers Jacob and Joseph Loose bought a controlling interest in the Corle Cracker and Confectionery Company, down in Kansas City, Missouri.
Guided by Jacob's expansionist philosophy, the newly named Loose Brothers Manufacturing became a multimillion-dollar business within a few years. But Jacob didn't see the sense in competing with his fellow bakers in the Midwest when they could all benefit from joining forces as a corporation. So, in , he hired a big-city lawyer named Adolphus Green to oversee the negotiations and paperwork needed to wrangle everyone together. The moment the ink dried, the American Biscuit and Manufacturing Company became the second-largest corporate bakery in America. Naturally, Jacob named himself president, then appointed Joseph to the board of directors and Adolphus to general counsel.
On the national stage, American Biscuit fell between the New York Biscuit Company and the United States Baking Company. For the next seven years, the trio duked it out in a competition so fierce, reporters called it "the biscuit war." The battle took its toll, and, in
Oreo
For other uses, see Oreo (disambiguation).
Oreo (; stylized in all caps) is a brand of fondant[3] filling. It was introduced by Nabisco on March 6, ,[4] and through a series of corporate acquisitions, mergers, and splits, both Nabisco and the Oreo brand have been owned by Mondelez International since [5][2]
Oreos are an imitation of the Hydrox[6]
Etymology
The origin of the name "Oreo" is obscure, but there are many hypotheses, including derivations from the French word or, meaning "gold" (the original tin was gold-colored[7]); the Greek word ὄρος[7][8]); or the Greek word ωραίο (oreo) meaning "nice" or "attractive".[9][10] Another theory, proposed by the food writer Stella Parks, is that the name derives from the Greek Oreodaphne, a genus of the laurel family, originating from the Greek words 'oreo' (ωραίο) meaning 'beautiful' and 'daphne' (δάφνη) referring to the laurel. Avena, Lotus, and Helicon (from Heliconia).[11][12]
History
20th century
The "Oreo Biscuit" was first developed and produced by the National Biscuit
.