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VEGAN MAYO VS REGULAR MAYO: IS VEGAN MAYO HEALTHIER?
wejustcompare team
13/05/2021
9 min read
Many of us are moving over to plant-based diets but there are a number of foods
that have become staples and we are struggling to give them up. A perfect
example is a mayonnaise. In most cases, alternatives are accessible but are
often overly processed. A plant-based alternative is available, but is vegan
mayo healthier than its egg-based counterpart? In this article, we will
investigate just how healthy vegan mayonnaise is and how it compares to regular
egg-based mayo.
WHAT IS VEGAN MAYO MADE OF?
To investigate whether vegan mayo is a healthier option, we first need to look
at its ingredients. Different brands will use slightly different ingredients,
but the foundational recipe remains much the same: vegetable oil and vinegar.
Here is a detailed breakdown of ingredients commonly found in vegan mayo:
VEGETABLE OIL
Depending on your chosen brand, you may come across rapeseed oil, soybean oil,
olive oil or coconut oil most often. Rapeseed oil is one of the most commonly
used oils to make vegan mayonnaise, and used by brands including Hellman’s,
Heinz and Follow Your Heart. Sunflower oil is another popular choice for vegan
mayo and this is what Biona uses in their Egg Free Mayonnaise.
SPIRIT VINEGAR
In essence, this is regular vinegar but with a higher level of acetic acid. It
is usually made from sugar cane and is made via a double fermentation process.
APPLE CIDER VINEGAR
This type of vinegar is made from apples as the name suggests. Yeast is added to
crushed apples, fermenting the sugar and creating alcohol. Bacteria is then
added to further ferment the alcohol, thereby creating acetic acid.
AQUAFABA
A great substitute for eggs, aquafaba is the water in which chickpeas have been
cooked or soaked.
YELLOW MUSTARD FLOUR
Grinding mustard seeds from specific plants into a powder is what constitutes
yellow mustard powder. It provides a good flavour and is also used as a binding
agent.
SWEETENER
Most vegan mayos include a sweetening agent which is usually sugar or natural
sweeteners such as brown rice syrup or agave syrup.
OTHER INGREDIENTS
Other ingredients found in the more popular vegan mayo brands include natural
colourings and flavourings, as well as preservatives (citric acid, Calcium
Disodium EDTA) and thickeners, usually in the form of regular wheat flour or an
alternative flour.
Refer to the table below for a full list of ingredients of the most popular
vegan mayo brands:
VEGAN MAYO INGREDIENTS Hellmann’s Vegan Mayo rapeseed oil (72%), water, spirit
vinegar, sugar, salt, modified maize starch, natural flavouring (contains
MUSTARD), lemon juice concentrate, antioxidant (calcium disodium EDTA), colour
(paprika extract) Follow Your Heart Original Vegenaise Expeller-Pressed
Rapeseed Oil (67%), Filtered Water, Brown Rice Syrup, Apple Cider Vinegar, Soya
Protein (1%), Sea Salt, Mustard Flour, Lemon Juice Concentrate Heinz Vegan
Seriously Good Mayonnaise Rapeseed Oil 72%, Water, Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Salt,
Modified Starch, Natural Flavouring, Antioxidant (Calcium Disodium EDTA) LEON –
Mayonnaise Rapeseed Oil (59%), Water, Cider Vinegar (8.2%), Sugar, Salt, Citrus
Fibre, Faba Bean Protein (0.70%), Yellow Mustard Flour,Stabiliser (Guar Gum)
Biona Egg Free Mayonnaise sunflower oil*, vinegar*, rapseed oil*, glucose
syrup*, olive oil*, rice starch*, sea salt, onion powder*, mustard seeds*
(yellow), apple vinegar*, citric acid*, xanthan gum*, agave syrup*, white
pepper*, fennel*, coriander seeds*. *=certified organic ingredients.
VEGAN VS REGULAR MAYO – INGREDIENTS COMPARISON
Vegan mayonnaise is completely free from dairy and traditionally, so is regular
mayo. But what makes the latter not to be vegan friendly? Eggs. In a nutshell,
the main ingredient that differentiates vegan mayo and regular mayo is the eggs
used in the recipe.
Essentially, the texture and flavour when an egg is emulsified with oil provide
the base for the typical flavour of regular mayo.
Have you ever noticed how some of the cheaper brands don’t taste quite right, or
have a strange aftertaste and are not always pleasant? Well, that very often has
to do with the main ingredients – using cheap oils and eggs from caged hens that
are not fed a healthy diet but are kept to produce as many eggs as possible in
as short a time as possible. Many of the bigger brands will exclusively use
free-range eggs however and make this clear on their packaging.
The vegan alternative has much the same texture as regular mayo. A lot of the
base ingredients are the same too, including oil, vinegar, salt, sugar, lemon
juice and water.
Where the two mayonnaises differ is that in the regular variety, egg yolks are
used to provide the creamy texture, while in the vegan varieties, alternatives
are used. These substitutes can include modified maize starch, soya protein,
faba bean protein, xantham gum and rice starch, to name a few.
Some of the ingredients in vegan mayo could be considered healthier than regular
mayo, but it seems to depend on the brand and what makes up their specific
recipe.
Are the ingredients all certified organic? Is the recipe using as few
ingredients but with the highest quality possible? Just a couple of many
questions that can be asked when pondering the health of vegan mayo.
Some brands will use stabilisers and artificial colours, whereas others use
natural colours and natural flavourings.
If you’re reading this article, your health is obviously important to you.
Choosing a vegan mayo or a regular mayo is a matter of being aware of what makes
up your mayo, reading the labels and choosing based on health rather than on
price tag.
Popular regular mayo brands and the ingredients for your reference:
REGULAR MAYO INGREDIENTS Hellmann’s Real Mayonnaise Rapeseed oil (78%), water,
pasteurised free range EGG & EGG Yolk (7.9%), spirit vinegar, salt, sugar, lemon
juice concentrate, antioxidant (calcium disodium EDTA), flavourings, paprika
extract Heinz Seriously Good Mayonnaise Rapeseed Oil (68%), Water, Pasteurised
Free Range Egg Yolk (5%), Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Starch, Salt, Mustard Seeds,
Spices, Antioxidant (Calcium Disodium EDTA) Hunter & Gather Classic Paleo & Keto
Avocado Oil Mayonnaise Avocado Oil (77%), Pasteurised Free Range Egg yolk (17%),
Apple Cider Vinegar, Salt
VEGAN VS REGULAR MAYO – NUTRITIONAL VALUES
To truly determine whether vegan mayo is healthier than regular mayo, we need to
compare the nutritional values of both.
Let’s start first with fat. Some mayos have a higher fat content than others,
and many will be high in omega 3. It is not best practice to pick up a couple of
bottles of mayonnaise and compare them label for label, fat content for fat
content. It’s necessary to delve a little deeper. What is the overall fat
content? What is the saturated fat content? The monounsaturated? The
polyunsaturated? Vegan mayos are also often mistakenly considered low-fat in
comparison to regular mayos, but this isn’t always the case.
Next, the carb content. If you have digestive issues, you’ll be conscious of the
carbohydrates and sugars in any food. Or perhaps you’re following a
keto-friendly diet and counting carbs. Many of us consider mayonnaise to be a
low-carb or zero-carb food, but you may be surprised at the sugar level in some
mayo brands.
In general, but not always, vegan mayo brands have a higher level of carbs and
sugars than regular mayo. Where vegan mayo tends to shine though, is in the
level of protein. Again, depending on the brand, vegan mayo typically has more
protein than regular mayo.
Salt content tends to be an average across all vegan and regular mayos.
Comparison of nutritional values of popular vegan and regular mayos (Nutrition
Per 100g):
VEGAN MAYO VS REGULAR MAYO: FAT CONTENT
For this section, we’ll do some comparisons, starting with Hellman’s Vegan Mayo
and Hellman’s Real Mayonnaise. In the vegan option, we have a total of 72g of
fat, of which 5.3g is saturated fat. While in the regular option, we have 79g
total fats, of which 6.2g is saturated. Hellman’s claims their regular option is
“a good natural source of omega 3”. Omega 3 makes up 8.4g per 100g of their
regular mayo and 6.6g per 100g of the vegan alternative.
Next, let’s look at Heinz’s plant-based option, Vegan Seriously Good Mayonnaise,
and their regular mayo, Seriously Good Mayonnaise. The vegan bottle contains 72g
total fats, of which 5.4g are saturated, while their regular bottle contains 70g
total fats of which 5.3g are saturated.
When we look to other vegan mayos, we see a similar level of overall fat and
similar saturated fat content.
One vegan mayonnaise that does stand out, however, is the Biona Egg Free
Mayonnaise which contains only 52.1g total fat per 100g. The saturated fat
content is 5.1g.
Some mayonnaises, such as those specifically made for people following paleo and
keto diets have higher levels of total fats and saturated fats. If you are not
following one of these diets and are conscious of the fat content in mayo, but
still want to enjoy it, do check labels and compare while shopping.
VEGAN MAYO VS REGULAR MAYO: CALORIES
Vegan mayo doesn’t have more calories than regular mayo, and regular mayo
doesn’t have more calories than vegan mayo! In this case, it does completely
depend on the brand and what goes into making each jar of mayo.
Take, for example, LEON Mayonnaise. This company uses aquafaba instead of eggs
in order to make their mayo vegan, and it has 597 calories per 100g. Hellman’s
Real Mayonnaise on the other hand uses free-range egg yolks in its recipe and it
has 552 calories per 100g.
Heinz Seriously Good Mayonnaise has 644 calories per 100g, while Heinz Vegan
Seriously Good Mayonnaise comes in at 672 calories per 100g. This may lead you
to conclude that vegan mayo does have more calories than regular mayo, but it’s
simply not correct.
The vegan mayo, Biona Egg Free Mayonnaise, has the lowest calories of all brands
we explored at 509 calories per 100g. So, as you can see, two different vegan
brands came in at the top end of the calorie spectrum and at the bottom end.
IS VEGAN MAYO HEALTHIER THAN REGULAR MAYO?
In summary, this does depend on the type of oil used in the recipe, the type of
egg replacement, and the additional ingredients that go into every container of
mayonnaise, whether vegan or regular – and is entirely brand specific.
A plant-based diet, in general, however, will have less saturated fat and a
lower level of dietary cholesterol. Anyone on a vegan diet does still need to be
concerned about blood cholesterol though as an excess of saturated fat can lead
to this.
As vegan mayonnaise is completely plant-based, it contains a significantly lower
level of saturated fats than its regular counterpart (mostly due to the use of
eggs in its preparation). This is a clear advantage to vegan mayonnaise. The
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has carried out studies which show
that even when replacing animal-based foods with plant based foods that have the
same fat content, the amount of cholesterol in the blood will be reduced, while
this review of the benefits of switching to a plant-based diet, clearly
demonstrates the positives.
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