Mayonnaise at restaurants, Gans says, can get tricky, though. “If you’re going to order out something like a tuna fish salad or an egg salad or a chicken salad, chances are, you’re getting a lot of calories and a lot of fat.”
Still though, it’s a lesser of evils, says Jayne Hurley of the Center for Science in the Public Interest. “It’s good for your heart and is absolutely, head and shoulders above all the other kinds of fats that the restaurant industry is adding to foods like cheese and sour cream and cream cheese.”
10. Unlike many other foods marketed to dieters, low-fat mayo is actually a healthier choice.
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While you can’t depend on a restaurant to use a low-fat version, you can choose that option in your own home. Although many low-fat foods make up for lost flavor with sugar, low-fat mayo is an exception. “Low-fat mayonnaise is actually a healthier alternative,” says Gans, nothing that Hellman’s low-fat version has less than 1 gram of sugar per serving.
11. Egg-free mayonnaise not only exists, it actually tastes good.
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Hampton Creek’s Just Mayo, for example, is made with canola oil, water, lemon juice, white vinegar, and spices. “It’s delicious,” says Gans, who, by the way, is not a vegan. A Serious Eats taste test in February found that Just Mayo was even tastier than real mayonnaise.
Gans warns, though, that egg-free mayo is still high in calories: “Don’t be fooled because now all of a sudden it’s vegan. It’s still 90 calories per tablespoon.” Other brands like Earth Balance, Spectrum Naturals, and Vegenaise also make egg-free mayonnaise alternatives. And don’t forget about the natural creaminess of an avocado, hummus, or non-fat Greek yogurt if you want to cut calories.
12. The most delicious and healthiest mayonnaise might be one that you make for yourself from scratch at home
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The origins of mayo are still fiercely debated — was it invented by a French chef or a Spanish one? But either way, you can still make it at home in just a few minutes with lemon juice, an egg yolk, salt, dry mustard, and oil, and it will taste SO GOOD. If you want to know more about the eggs you’re making it from, buy them at a local farmers market where you can ask the person selling them about the chickens they came from.
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