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Hellmann’s owner sues over company’s use of ‘Mayo’ (in egg-free product)
Associated Press ^ | Nov 11, 2014 10:16 AM EST

Posted on 11/11/2014 7:28:43 AM PST by Olog-hai

You have to break some eggs to make an omelet and, according to a lawsuit from the maker of Hellmann’s, the same goes for mayonnaise.

The food company Unilever is suing a California company that uses the word “Mayo” in its sandwich spread name, saying that federal regulators and dictionaries define mayonnaise as a spread that contains eggs.

The suit claims false advertising by the company Hampton Creek for labeling its egg-free product “Just Mayo.” Unilever says in a complaint filed in federal court that the word “mayo” implies that the product is mayonnaise, and Just Mayo is “stealing market share from Hellmann’s”. …

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To: Olog-hai
The word used is "mayo," not "mayonnaise." Mayo is truncated mayonaise. Removing the egg truncates the mayonnaise. I see no problem here.

The Mayonnaise is the theme song of the city of Mayo in Florida. The tune comes from some old French marching song.

21 posted on 11/11/2014 7:55:13 AM PST by arthurus
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To: Gaffer
On the 'Best Foods' label it proclaims: "East of the Rockies Best Foods is known as Hellman's"

They are the same product:


22 posted on 11/11/2014 7:55:31 AM PST by Michael.SF. (It takes a gun to feed a village.)
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To: 2banana

The Mayo clinic has made great strides in conquering the deadly allergies to salad dressing.


23 posted on 11/11/2014 7:56:35 AM PST by arthurus
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To: Olog-hai
Amazing what lengths corporations will go to for "preservation of market share". Yet these same moguls of industry are stone cold silent regarding American women being given a license by the Supreme Court to practice infanticide, illegal aliens swamping the population, a broken border with guards who aid and abet the invasion by order of the Department of Justice, and a Kenyan usurper in the White Hut tearing the country down around us. Mayonnaise? That's what really matters! What a screwed up country this is. (Last sentence modified for general audience consumption.)
24 posted on 11/11/2014 7:58:40 AM PST by 4Runner
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To: Michael.SF.

My Mom who grew up in Astoria, NYC, who is 100 ,rembers Mr. Hellmann himself selling his Mayo door to door!


25 posted on 11/11/2014 7:59:47 AM PST by Empireoftheatom48 (God help the Republic but will he?)
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To: Carthego delenda est
“Mayonnaise is made from eggs, oil, and vinegar. Mayo without eggs is not mayo. Call it vegannaise, but don’t call it mayo.”

It’s not mayo, it’s the product from the realm of angels, that heavenly delight: Miracle Whip

It's all crap. eggs or no. It is the paste that keeps the hamburger from falling apart.

26 posted on 11/11/2014 8:00:14 AM PST by arthurus
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To: Empireoftheatom48

Remembers


27 posted on 11/11/2014 8:00:43 AM PST by Empireoftheatom48 (God help the Republic but will he?)
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To: W.
Hellman’s does not own the word ‘mayonnaise’ so what’s their beef?

Their beef is someone selling "mayo" that is not, in fact, mayonnaise.

Conservatives should realize that words mean things.

28 posted on 11/11/2014 8:01:53 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: Michael.SF.

Okay...you got me....last time I lived “in the Rockies” was when I was stationed at Pete Field (yes, FIELD) in 1970 at Cheyenne Mountain. I was there for 5.5 months after an overseas tour to Okinawa and then sent to the Azores (then to Germany, then England) all consecutive. I did 8 years, nearly 7 of them overseas. I hardly got to know Colorado Springs, but when I saw it again 30 years later, I did not like it at all.


29 posted on 11/11/2014 8:02:37 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Constitution Day

"Hail to the king, baby!"

30 posted on 11/11/2014 8:03:34 AM PST by W. (We won. Get over it! Or not--I don't care--because we won!)
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To: Political Junkie Too

For those not old as us, I believe that is Virginia Mayo.....funny dude....Kudos....


31 posted on 11/11/2014 8:03:38 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Olog-hai

The guy who started this is a lib. I didn’t know and I just bought some at Costco. We will try it but I won’t be buying any more.
http://www.choosingraw.com/beyond-eggs-a-profile-of-hampton-creek-foods-plus-my-recipe-for-vegan-gluten-free-curried-tofu-salad/


32 posted on 11/11/2014 8:04:21 AM PST by US_MilitaryRules (The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
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To: SoothingDave

All that “mayonnaise” means is a sauce conceived in Mahón, Spain. Ingredients not specified.

What of the original “ketchup”, a fish sauce with no tomato content whatsoever?


33 posted on 11/11/2014 8:05:31 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Gaffer

The Berman’s is good to the last scrape of the jar. The homemade stuff, you gotta use within a week or so.


34 posted on 11/11/2014 8:06:35 AM PST by W. (We won. Get over it! Or not--I don't care--because we won!)
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To: Brandonmark






"I LIKE me some whipped mayo on top of My Panther Whizz..BTW"
35 posted on 11/11/2014 8:09:07 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill)
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To: Carthego delenda est

I never liked Miracle Whip.


36 posted on 11/11/2014 8:10:21 AM PST by Ray76 (We must destroy the Uniparty or be destroyed by them.)
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To: arthurus

A great burger is juicy. And the resultant juice/mayo/ketchup slurry essential to great flavor.


37 posted on 11/11/2014 8:13:17 AM PST by Ray76 (We must destroy the Uniparty or be destroyed by them.)
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To: Olog-hai
"Mayo-naise!"


38 posted on 11/11/2014 8:13:32 AM PST by moovova
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To: Olog-hai

Ketchup is tomato catsup.


39 posted on 11/11/2014 8:14:21 AM PST by Ray76 (We must destroy the Uniparty or be destroyed by them.)
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To: Gaffer

I’d rather save a dollar and buy a decent store brand than waste my hard earned money on a label.

Have y’all noticed quart jars of mayo aren’t 32 oz. anymore? They look like 32 oz but have a huge indention in the botton which brings the “new and improved” size to only 30 oz. Just like the small cans of 7.5 oz of tuna are now 5 oz. and 2.5 oz. of that is water leaving only 2.5 oz. for actual tuna. You have to go through many more cans of tuna and jars of mayo to make tuna salad these days. Warning — make adjustments when using older recipes.


40 posted on 11/11/2014 8:15:06 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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