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Hellmann's Low Fat Mayonnaise Dressing

By: Lizabeth | Sep 17, 2009

With mayonnaise being made primarily from egg yolks and oil, it's not surprising that even light mayos still have a considerable amount of fat and calories per tablespoon. Because of this, and because I've never really been a big fan, preferring instead to just stick to Miracle Whip Light. However, with myriads of recipes calling for mayo, I thought finding a decent one that wouldn't derail my diet would be worth the effort. Knowing that a fat-free version of mayo would be wrong on some very fundamental levels, I opted instead to try Hellman's Low Fat Mayonnaise.

I opened the green-lidded jar to be greeted with what looked like most other mayo I've tried. There was no odd wobbliness or shiny sheen - just that same creamy texture and slightly yellow color that makes mayo, well ... mayo. I spread a glob onto a slice of sandwich bread and took a bite. It's actually just as bland as any other mayo I've tried, too! There's a slight creaminess, a little bit of something lemony, and that's it. Perhaps I'm immune to mayo's "nuances", but I just wasn't impressed. Where this stuff did shine, however, was in salads. It makes a wonderful creamy base for coleslaw, chicken, tuna, and potato salads, as well as an excellent dip base. It broke when I tried to broil fish coated in it, but remained creamy for regular baking temperatures.

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Kraft Reduced Fat Mayo with Olive Oil

By: Liza | Nov 12, 2008

I try to keep away from any kind of mayonnaise, regular, light, reduced, low-fat, no fat, because I just haven't found one that I like yet. But after watching some very effective marketing on Kraft Mayo with Olive Oil, I gave in and decided to try it. Let me start by pointing out that I love Olive Oil, and I would use it on everything if I could. I was surprised to find that this mayo had ½ the fat and calories of the regular kind and tasted much better than half of the other "light" mayonnaise products out there. It does have a certain unique flavor that makes it different from other mayo and that actually was a plus for me. However, I wasn't crazy about the olive oil taste. Seems to me that whatever kind of olive oil Kraft is using is not a very good kind.

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