Trader Joe's Reduced Fat Mayo - Vegan?

[ajanew]

So after years of nayonaise and veganaise, we just couldn't take it anymore and I broke down and bought a jar of regular mayo at Trader Joe's. (we're vegetarian, so it wasn't a huge deal to us, but we try to avoid eggs)

I just looked at the now empty jar, and it's vegan! Someone can confirm by looking at the ingredients - I'm not an expert on the hidden non vegan ingredients.

Trader Joe's Reduced Fat Mayonnaise "eggless" "dairy free"
"Ingredients: Water, Expeller Pressed Canola Oil, Corn Starch, Distilled Vinegar, Cider Vinegar, Soy Protein Isolate, Salt, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Onion Powder, Xantahn Gum, Natural Vitamin E, Natural Flavors, Oleoresin Paprika, Oleoresin Tumeric."

I checked out Oleoresin and it's just a type of concentrate....

[*AHIMSA*]

Vegan.


So after years of nayonaise and veganaise, we just couldn't take it anymore

What exactly could you "not take"? :confused:

[broccolichick]

The ingredients don't look altogether too different from that of Vegenaise...does it somehow taste radically different???:confused:

[ajanew]

I'm not sure what we stopped liking. At first I loved veganaise and thought it was great, better than mayo even, but there was something about it after years and years that my husband and I would just stare at each other, stare at the jar and make a squishy face :-/ And I didn't like it in dips very much, although it was okay on sandwiches.

I really was a big fan and recommended it to everyone I know, but I guess we just grew apart?

[*AHIMSA*]

The ingredients don't look altogether too different from that of Vegenaise...does it somehow taste radically different???:confused:
Yes, it's reduced fat and tastes like sour, gelatinous paste. :spew:

Vegenaise = :love:

[ajanew]

The ingredients don't look altogether too different from that of Vegenaise...does it somehow taste radically different???:confused:

Somehow, it does to me and to my husband. It definitely smells like mayo, which I never thought veganaise did.

It could all be in my head, but it is cheaper!

[broccolichick]

Vegenaise = :love:

:yes:

[Rani]

I tried the TJ's reduced fat mayo too, mostly out of curiosity. It's been sitting in my fridge for months now. I can't throw anything away so I'll finish it, somehow, but I definitely won't be buying it again. It has a very funky taste to it. "Gelatinous paste" is a pretty good description.

I've tried a few vegan mayos: Nayonaise, Spectrum brand and Veganaise. I'm sticking with Veganaise from here on out. That stuff is awesome.