Video of Oreo cookies’ shocking resistance to fire goes viral: Is it safe to eat, internet asks

A video is going viral over the internet causing a huge uproar. In the video we oreo cookies lined up on a wooden frame being blowtorched in several time intervals. What’s shocking is that even after 30 seconds of continuous fire the cookies did not burn, while the wooden frame caught fire.
Several accounts on X have posted the video on social media and each of the videos have gained millions of views.
“Is milk stronger than fire?,” writes one X user.
“That Oreo was ON FIRE. The wood is still burning. And it still has structural integrity? WTF are they made out of? Should we be eating these? Should we be constructing houses out of Oreos…? Why are they so damn delicious. We probably should not be eating these,” writes another user.
“Why are Oreos fire resistant?,” asks a third user.

Ingredients in Oreo

Oreo consists of 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, baking soda, salt, soy lecithin, chocolate, artificial flavor. contains: wheat, soy. (as per the information available on the official website).
“Apparently the reason an Oreo wafer doesn’t burn when exposed to a blowtorch is due to its structure and composition: sugar, palm oil or canal oil, soy lecithin and cocoa,” few users have explained.
Many people have started sharing their experience with burning Oreo cookies.