Mayo? Yeah or Na page

[Jenl]

Hi all,

I am new to launching on the adventure of going primal and I have a quick question. Is Mayonnaise ok or should I steer clear?

[Damiana]

Depends on the ingredients. If you make it yourself, using eggs, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, then it's fine.

I would stay the hell away from store bought mayonnaise unless you plan on making it your 20%.

Ingredient list of a popular store-bought mayonnaise: SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, WHOLE EGGS AND EGG YOLKS, VINEGAR, SALT, SUGAR, LEMON JUICE, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA, NATURAL FLAVORS.

Nooooooo....

[Greenbeast]

eggs and oil, what's to argue with?

edit: as above, that's homemade stuff i'm talking about

[14emom]

I make my own and it is delicious.

[Zeera]

Definitely avoid any store bought mayo. It's easy enough to make on your own if you have a food processor or immersion blender. It might take you some time to get used to the different flavor of the homemade mayo, but eventually you will lose your taste for the store bought stuff.

[healthy11]

I make my own, but have found I like to substitute sour cream for mayo in most things ... it's a lot easier.

[meeshar]

One of the very few non-Primal things lingering in my house is mayo. I use the olive oil kind, but it still has some soybean oil in it. I consider it my 20%, but I do need to get into the habit of making my own. I don't use mayo that often anyway, occasionally I plop a bit into dips/dressings to mellow out the sour cream or yogurt tang a bit. I've found that using avocado in tuna/chicken salads is much tastier, and I don't do sandwiches very often anymore since making paleo/primal bread is an event. Once this jar is gone, it stays gone.

[Graycat]

It's easy to make mayo. Olive oil - make sure it's not the strong flavor extra virgin kind, egg, egg yolk, lemon juice and Dijon mustard.

The store bought kind, definitely a no no. I have seen Spectrum offering mayo made with canola oil, which is definitely not Primal but still a step up from soy bean. I have no idea if it's any good taste wise though.

[Greenbeast]

ah mustard! that's what i'm missing!

Made mayo three times so far and yes it's a different taste to storebought (less sweet by far!) but it still feels like it's missing something. I will try mustard next time.

[bdlee73]

I have had a hard time giving up store mayo - I still like mixing it with canned tuna. When the price is right I try to only use Hain's Safflower Maya. The ingredients profile doesn't look too bad: Hain Safflower Mayonnaise (12 fl oz)