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“Bring Out The Best,” Hellmann’s writes on the label of their Real Mayonnaise. “Real mayonnaise.” I am intrigued, and check the list of ingredients:

Vegetable Oil 77%
Pasteurised Egg and Egg Yolk 8%

(also water, vinegar, sugar, lemon juice, mustard flavouring, antioxidant, paprika extract).

No wonder Hellmann’s Real Mayonnaise doesn’t look, smell or taste anything like real mayonnaise. 77 : 8% oil to “egg produce” ratio, and the remaining 15% topped up mostly with water, I assume – no surprise.

I have never measured the oil to egg ratio, but I guess it will be less than 2 parts oil to one part fresh free range egg yolks (in volume) for the real thing, plus lime juice, mustard, salt, a lot of whisking, and nothing else.

I can feel a meal of Calamari with really real garlic mayonnaise and mixed leaf salad coming up real soon.

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