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Oreo Family Size Mint
Snacks, Chips & Dips
📊 NOVA 4🥛 Dairy-Free

Oreo Family Size Mint

Oreo
18.71 oz
Available at Foodtown
140
Calories
1g
Protein
13g
Sugars
90mg
Sodium
56
Ingredients

What You Should Know

Oreo Family Size Mint is a familiar sight in the cookie and snack aisle, usually shelved with other sandwich cookies, family-size snack packs, and holiday-themed treats; you might also spot promotional displays near ice cream toppings or seasonal candy. It fits into quick shopping trips for dessert or party supplies and is a go-to for movie nights, school lunch sweet treats, road-trip stashes, or last-minute party platters. The Oreo brand leans on decades of cultural recognition—an American classic associated with dunking in milk, childhood rituals, and shareable indulgence—targeting families and younger shoppers with playful marketing and collectible tie-ins. The package touts claims like “made with real cocoa” and uses bright kid-friendly colors and a resealable family-size bag with an easy-pull tab, but it carries no organic or natural certification and includes artificial flavors and color lakes. In plain processing terms this is a highly processed, industrially formulated packaged cookie with refined flours, sugars, emulsifiers, colorants, and flavor additives. Sensory cues are immediate: crisp, dark chocolate wafers sandwich a sweet mint-green creme, offering a contrast of crunch and creamy sweetness with a cool peppermint note; the cookies are designed for dunking, stacking, and crumbling over ice cream. Packaging is flexible plastic, meant for convenience, sharing, and prolonged shelf life. The eating ritual is social and nostalgic—kids reaching in, adults dunking in milk or breaking cookies into desserts—making it as much about memory and occasion as about flavor.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 2
Servings per Container: 18
Calories140
% Daily Value*
Total Fat7g9%
Saturated Fat2.5g13%
Sodium90mg4%
Total Carbohydrate21g8%
Total Sugars13g
Added Sugars13g26%
Protein1g
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Ingredients

INGREDIENTS:, SUGAR,, UNBLEACHED, ENRICHED, FLOUR, (WHEAT, FLOUR,, NIACIN,, REDUCED, IRON,, THIAMINE, MONONITRATE, [VITAMIN, B1],, RIBOFLAVIN, [VITAMIN, B2],, FOLIC, ACID),, PALM, OIL,, SOYBEAN, AND/OR, CANOLA, OIL,, COCOA, (PROCESSED, WITH, ALKALI),, HIGH, FRUCTOSE, CORN, SYRUP,, LEAVENING, (BAKING, SODA, AND/OR, CALCIUM, PHOSPHATE),, SALT,, SOY, LECITHIN,, PEPPERMINT, OIL,, CHOCOLATE,, YELLOW, 5, LAKE,, BLUE, 1, LAKE,, ARTIFICIAL, FLAVOR., CONTAINS:, WHEAT,, SOY..

Flagged Ingredients:

  • Soybean Oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • Canola Oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • Soy Lecithin - Processed emulsifier
  • Yellow 5 Lake - Artificial coloring
  • Blue 1 Lake - Artificial coloring
No Seed OilNo EmulsifierNo Additive

Dietary Labels

This product is not vegan, is not gluten-free, and is not organic.

Ultra-Processing Assessment

NOVA Score:4 / 4

Ultra-Processed

Why this score?

Contains multiple industrial ingredients (high fructose corn syrup, refined flour, palm and seed oils), artificial colors and flavors, and emulsifiers, consistent with an ultra-processed NOVA 4 product.

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Common Questions about Oreo Family Size Mint

The Mint Oreo is a fun treat, but calling it 'healthy' might be a stretch. It's high in sugar and has added sugars, which can quickly add up if you're not careful. Think of it as an occasional indulgence rather than a health food!

Perfect For

movie-night
back-to-school
road-trip

Vibe:

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