1-APR-2026 | Oatly's Oatgurt Ad

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Dan Bogachek
April 01, 2026

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New illustration — credit Pranav Venkitaraman.
Big thank you to Pranav!

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Oatly's Oatgurt Ad

If this ad doesn’t convince you to try our oatgurt, nothing will.

The problem with advertising these days is that it is too focused on sales. For an ad like this one to be considered successful, it has to first get your attention and then provide you with something so amazing — like a set of features or unique selling points or a solid promise — that you’ll put down the magazine you are reading and rush to the store to purchase the product. To help increase the chances of this happening, some ads include a “call to action” feature, which is a gimmick so ridiculously unbelievable — like buy one and get 197 free — that you don’t have any choice but to put down the magazine you are reading and rush to the store to purchase the product. Good thing that this ad for Oatgurt* isn’t like all those other modern ads. It’s only interested in providing you with an oversized cute visual of the package, an over-promising headline, a totally nonsensical call to action button and an asterisk with a side note to tell you what the product actually is.

* As a side note, Oatgurt is not yogurt, because yogurt is made with dairy and has no oats, Oatgurt is made with oats and has no dairy. 🏁

A meta hairy dog. The anti-ad ad.

  • Challenge hook — inviting the reader to play.

  • Minor detail: an intentional use of “it is” to slow down and add weight. Despite the longer sentences, Oatly’s copy tends to have this blocky feel. Strings of one syllable words.

  • Couplets of repetition throughout.

  • Pleasing symmetry in the asterisk for a soft punchline.