VICTORY! Oreo Maker Stops Funding Experiments on Animals After PETA Entities Effort

For Immediate Release:

14 January 2026

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Sanskriti Bansore; [email protected]

Anushka Yadav; [email protected]

Mumbai— A PETA U.S. campaign, bolstered by the actions of 63,000 supporters and letters from international entities including PETA India, has swayed Oreo-maker Mondelēz International to end its funding for experiments on animals, including forcing mice to eat human feces, chemicals, and glass beads before killing and dissecting them.

After meeting with PETA U.S. representatives, the snack maker—which also makes Ritz and Triscuit crackers—announced it will no longer pursue “nutritional science” experiments on animals, which are not required by law and have no bearing on safety or approval of its products. The move closes a loophole in Mondelēz’s animal testing policy that previously allowed the company to bankroll numerous experiments on animals.

The new policy is not limited to tests on products or ingredients. It applies to all animal testing.

“Kind consumers don’t want animals to suffer in laboratories when they buy cookies and crackers,” says PETA India Scientist and Research Policy Advisor Dr. Anjana Aggarwal. “PETA India applauds Mondelēz for this compassionate move and urges other companies to leave animals in peace.”

Last year, PETA U.S. purchased stock in Mondelēz, allowing it to question executives directly at the annual shareholder meeting and file a PETA U.S.-backed shareholder resolution demanding transparency in the company’s animal testing policies. PETA U.S. also released a Halloween-themed viral video, organized protests outside the CEO’s public appearances, and rallied the support of tens of thousands of PETA U.S. supporters, which helped secure meetings with Mondelēz leadership.

Rats are empathetic, family-oriented individuals who will put themselves in harm’s way to save others. Male mice woo their mates with love songs, and baby rats giggle when tickled. Both are complex, unique, social individuals with the capacity to experience a wide range of emotions and easily bond with their human guardians, returning as much affection as is given to them.

PETA India – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to experiment on” – opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information about PETA India, please visit PETAIndia.com or follow PETA India on X, Facebook, or Instagram.

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