The revelations of an investigation by a Dutch newspaper: “Ammonia is used in the Ofi-Olam factory in the Netherlands to change the color or taste of Oreos”. The multinational Mondelez specifies: “Ammonium carbonate is used in food, but it does not affect the quality or safety of the biscuits”. Salvini also intervenes.
The typical dark color of Oreos it would somehow come from using ammonia. This is the news that has leaked out of Holland in recent days, where an investigation by Dutch newspaper Noordhollands Dagblad denounced that the Olam factory in Koog-sur-le-Zaanhas used the “hidden” ingredient, mixed with cocoa powder, to blacken the famous cookies that go with the for years Mondelez multinational.
The allegations arose thanks to the revelations of a anonymous informantprobably a former factory worker who contacted the newspaper to reveal the background after years of witnessing these dumping practices ammonia outside the factory. According to the Noordhollands Dagblad, the Dutch government was aware of this but had deliberately remained silent.
The fact is that the news was also commented on by the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Matthew Salvini: “How many girls and boys of all ages have eaten during these years? It must be made clear as soon as possible,” wrote the league chairman
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The problem, according to this alleged source, would be that the factory isn’t equipped to do it Properly dispose of and treat waste ammonia of manufacturing processes:
“The cocoa factory in Koog aan de Zaan was never designed to process large amounts of ammonia, never invested enough money to do it right. Too expensive, they thought. So ammonia is leaking out of every nook and cranny, the stench is enormous. The environment? The top management of the company is not affected. What they care about is a black cocoa powder and how much money that makes.”
Olam’s manager Eric Nederhand acknowledges that ammonia is added to the manufacturing process, but did not specify how much it is annually. “Ofi-Olam uses ammonia as a alkalizing solution for some cocoa powder, to change the color or flavor of the final product,” he acknowledged the information techniques of each ingredient.
there Mondelez, which makes cookies and other products like Toblerone, responded to a specific question that Oreo packages mention “ammonium carbonate” among the ingredients. “The use of ammonium carbonate in food does not affect food quality or product safety,” said Annick Verdegem, a company spokeswoman.