Hydrox Cookies

[DCav10]

Perhaps somebody can verify whether Hydrox cookies (while not exactly health
food) contain no animal products.

All of the ingredients listed on the package seem in keeping with the usual
"strict vegetarian" standard (vegetable shortening, cocoa (processed with
alkali)), except for one near the very bottom of the label:

Chocolate.

Not "milk" chocolate, mind you, just chocolate.

I was never a Hydrox fan back in my meat-eating days, but I'd certainly welcome
these as a substitute for the greatly missed American icon, the Oreo.

Can anyone help?

Thanks.

[RAVI NAM K]

>Perhaps somebody can verify whether Hydrox cookies (while not exactly health
>food) contain no animal products.

Most food products have a telephone number printed on the packaging -- have you tried that yet?

Ravi Nam Kaur

[selenster]

when i used to hang out with some serious, hardcore vegans, they would eat
hydrox cookies and tofutti sandwiches.
i believe hydrox are indeed vegan.

selena
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we are the last of the loved ones.

[Jim Chichester]

I believe that they are indeed vegan. I know my girlfriend loves them,
altho they're not good for the waistline. They're espically good broken
up in some tofutti (a little cookies and cream action). We noticed that
the package had changed recently and that it looks like the Hydrox brand
was bought by Nabisco (?) Hopefully they won't change the recipe.

Jim
http://members.xoom.com/veganweb

[Chris Vaughn]

> I was never a Hydrox fan back in my meat-eating days, but I'd certainly
> welcome these as a substitute for the greatly missed American icon, the Oreo.

I'm not sure about Hydrox, but I know Oreo went Kosher about a year ago or
so... so you can check to see if they're at least dairy by looking for the OU, if
it just says "OU" then it' fine, if it says "OUD" then it's not vegan (but
definitely vegetarian). Eggs >might< be in them somewhere... I do remember
in the old days of Oreo that they were made with lard, which was sort of
frightening when I thought back to my childhood when I eschewed the cookie
part and just liked the creme. Ick. Oh well. Once Pesach is over, I think
I'm going to do some firsthand investigation into this matter. :)

_________
janel adair

[Vicky Conlan]

What's tofutti?

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[selenster]

>What's tofutti?

dairy free "ice cream" dessert made from soy...it's delicious but equally high
in fat.
you may want to try rice dream, which is lower in fat...but has an odd
aftertaste.
i found a carton of something by a company called "SOY DELICIOUS" and the
chocolate dessert was delightful.

selena
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so give me coffee and tv

[soyb...@hotmail.com]

dca...@aol.com (DCav10) wrote:

> I was never a Hydrox fan back in my meat-eating days, but I'd certainly
> welcome these as a substitute for the greatly missed American icon, the
> Oreo.

Don't know if I can help you with the question of whether chocolate
by itself contains dairy, but having been sucked into a friend's
crusade a few years back I feel obligated to let you know: Hydrox is the
original, Oreo the imitator. People think it's the other way 'round because
Oreo has a higher profile, but Hydrox predates Oreo by something like
ten years. I think Oreo is RJR/Nabisco, which has always had the $$$
to crush the competition, and in the case of Hydrox, that's just what
they did. Stole their idea and advertised their way to success.

Not that St Peter's going to pose any questions about it at the pearly
gates or anything, though.

JD