Oreo announces zero sugar cookies for 2026

Good news for New Year’s dieters... Oreo has announced a sugar-free option for 2026. 

947’s Zweli Mbhele shares that Mondelez, the owner, announced that Oreo Zero Sugar and Oreo Double Stuff Zero Sugar will be on US shelves in January, with global releases following suit.

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While the sugar-free option is already sold in Europe and China, it will be sold in the US for the first time.

Per the Oreo website, the cookies are sweetened with maltitol (a sugar alcohol), polydextrose (a complex carbohydrate made from glucose), sucralose (a zero-calorie sugar substitute) and Ace-K (a zero-calorie artificial sweetener).

“Now we have got to use all of these things just to replace the sugar, and it's fair. Some people have certain conditions, while others want to enjoy certain foods without having to put their health at risk,” says Mbhele.

They also do not contain aspartame, a common artificial sweetener that has been flagged in recent years as a potential cause of cancer.

One sugar-free Oreo cookie is about 45 calories, per the brand’s website. For comparison, a regular Oreo cookie is about 53 calories.

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