That places Double Stuf Oreos in the same range as the Subway sub that's the subject of a lawsuit because it's "between 5 and 8.3 percent short" of a foot long. That means the creme in a Double Stuf Oreo is 7 percent lighter than two times the creme in a regular Oreo. That may seem like hairsplitting-especially given the fact that dictionaries define the word "footlong" not as "exactly 12.00 inches" but, rather, as "approximately one foot in length."īut consider that Anderson's students determined that the filling in a Double Stuf Oreo weighs only 1.86 times more than does the filling in a regular Oreo. The plaintiffs allege, in fact, that Subway subs "are anywhere between 5 and 8.3 percent short."
OREO DOUBLE STUF FULL
In those cases, now consolidated in federal court, several plaintiffs sued Subway over claims the chain's "footlong" sub is not a full 12 inches long.
OREO DOUBLE STUF SERIES
The prospects of an Oreo lawsuit might have appeared slim were it not for a series of lawsuits that were launched just this year against the sandwich chain Subway. But Anderson is not a class action attorney. To Anderson's credit, he appears to be little more than surprised by the findings. But it piques my interest because, as a food lawyer who's very often not a fan of lawsuits targeting food companies, I fear the next step might be litigation. The story does indeed make for some light summer reading. Even the gossip website TMZ got in on the action. In a particularly slow news week in the slowest news month, ABC News and other outlets came calling. The students determined that the creme in the Double Stuf Oreos they tested weighed less than twice as much as the creme in regular Oreos they tested. The scandalous headline, courtesy The Huffington Post, is the result of the efforts of Dan Anderson, a high school math teacher in upstate New York who had his students weigh three types of Oreo cookies and report their findings. If this reminded you of yet another instance of life riffing on The Onion or Ron Swanson, you're not alone. Earlier this week a mini food scandal erupted under the following headline: "Double Stuf Oreos Don't Actually Have Double The Creme."
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