Oreo Cookie Lab

By Tori 

Date: 9/12/13

Students measured the filling in three different types of Oreo cookies to determine if the filling amounts matched the advertising claims.

Question: Do double and triple stuffed Oreos really have double and triple the amount of frosting than the original cookie?

Procedure:

-Measure the mass of each Oreo

-Take the cookie part off of one of the Oreos

-Measure the mass of only the cookie, not including the frosting

-Multiply the mass of the cookie part by 2 and subtract this number from the mass of each of the whole cookies to find the mass of the frosting itself

Data:

Original Oreo- 12 grams                  Frosting:  3.2 grams

Double Stuffed- 15.6 grams                              6.8 grams

Triple Stuffed-18.3 grams                                 9.5 grams

Ratios: Original- 1:1
Double Stuffed- 1:2.1
Triple Stuffed- 1:3

Analysis:

The Oreos do in fact live up to the claims. The double stuffed Oreos seem to have double the filling, and the triple stuffed seem to have triple the amount of filling.