The nutritional content of a fried Oreo
OK, our intrepid food editor and Reality Check blogger Sarah KK (she also delivers the mail) has come up with the nutrition, maybe I ought to put that in quotation marks, content for one fried Oreo. We also had a very interesting conversation about what a serving is.
Yes, I know you can figure it out by dividing the number of cookies in a package by the number of servings, but that doesn't mean that two or three Oreos actually is a serving. To me, one Oreo is more than a serving, even though I live by the Four Cookie Rule, that four of anything good (such as Kirchmayr chocolates or cocktail party canapes) is a serving.
Anyway, here's what you'll get with one deep-fried Oreo. I'm not sure what the "Vitamin A RE" means, and neither is Sarah, and I'm not interested enough to call the dietitian to find out: ...
This analysis is PER COOKIE!
Nutrients per serving
Calories 130.48
Fat (total) 9.16 grams
Protein 1.72 grams
Saturated fat 0.81 grams
Carbohydrates 11.21 grams
Vitamin A RE 6.62 micrograms
Dietary fiber 0.89 grams
Vitamin C 0.01 milligrams
Cholesterol 9.05 milligrams
Sodium 85.73 milligrams
% Calories from fat 61 %
% Calories from carbs 33 %
Comments
As a high school science teacher, I can tell you that Vitamin A is also known as Retinol. So I assume, RE is "Retinol Equivalent" or something along those lines. Not that we are eating deep-fried Oreos for their nutritional value...
I knew someone would come through for me. :-) EL
Posted by: qzans | September 8, 2009 10:31 AM
5 for $4 at the fair!!! Delicious!
Posted by: JB | September 8, 2009 12:26 PM
OK, so I MIGHT have had three deep-fried Oreos at the fair this weekend. In a word: Stupendous! The icing gets all melty and oozy. Definitely a vast improvement on a regular ol' non-fried Oreo. Though there is room for improvement--they should be using Double Stuffed Oreos. Calories, what calories?
Posted by: Baltimanda | September 8, 2009 12:34 PM
You can now get the Halloween pumpkin-color Oreos. Imagine orange icing oozing out.
Posted by: Retired in Elkridge | September 8, 2009 1:48 PM
As one of my students just pointed out: The recommended daily allowance of Vitamin A is 900 micrograms. That would mean you only need to eat 136 deep fried Oreos to get all the Vitamin A you need in a day. (Sidenote: that is almost 18,000 calories and 1224 grams of fat!!)
Don't encourage them. EL
Posted by: qzans | September 8, 2009 2:30 PM
Hmmm...as my husband and I usually split the fair order of 4 deep fried oreos, that's only 260 calories and 18 grams of fat...not far off a regular candy bar and equivalent to some candy bars.
But so much more decadent.
Yum!
Posted by: lvnbraves | September 8, 2009 4:19 PM
Hmmm, "nutritional content" and "fried Oreo" is an oxymoron. I don't like Oreos enough to do this; however, Milky Way Midnight bars? NOW you're talkin'!
Posted by: Dottie | September 8, 2009 9:34 PM
When I read this post, I happened to have a jar of Vlassic Kosher Dill Pickles on my desk. So I read the nutrient content label.
2/3rds of a pickle is 5 calories.
Who eats only 2/3rds of a pickle?
Posted by: Carol in Hampden | September 8, 2009 10:21 PM
what about trans fats??
Posted by: merritt | September 9, 2009 9:54 AM