Why doesn’t mayonnaise have protein?

[Anonymous]

It’s made from eggs and oil. Shouldn’t it contain both protein and fat instead of just fat?

[Anonymous]

Much higher volume of oil than eggs.

[Anonymous]

It does. But it’s overwhelmingly made of oil. An egg has about 6 grams of protein. In order to eat that much protein when eating mayonnaise, you’d have to have 45 teaspoons of it. That’s over 4200 calories of mayonnaise. Of that 4200 calories, 98% come from fat.

[Anonymous]

It is only the yolk that is used. Egg protein is in the whites.

[Anonymous]

Mayonaise is disgusting.

[Anonymous]

We sub plain Greek yogurt in for mayo in pretty much every recipe. It works great

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mayonaise is disgusting.

Though I agree, I don't think the OP was requesting your opinion.

[Anonymous]

Do the popular versions even have egg anymore? You can leave mayo sitting out forever now because it's mostly oil.

[Anonymous]

french fries with mayo... yum!

[Anonymous]

LVOE mayo. Could eat it by the spoonful. But I don't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do the popular versions even have egg anymore? You can leave mayo sitting out forever now because it's mostly oil.

Yes it does have egg yolk still, and oil. It is pretty stable because of the high amounts of vinegar. That is, until it gets mixed with other foods, that is when it is at risk for spoiling. I think onions are the main culprit for spoiling it.