"It can still happen to you Mayo-naise!"
Posted on 11/06/2015 4:18:24 AM PST by IBD editorial writer
A recent news item noted that a start-up egg-free-mayonnaise company is now selling more of its Just Mayo product in Wal-Mart than in Whole Foods. It's an example of how the free market fuels innovation to meet consumer needs, even if it's a lowly sandwich spread.
So why was the federal government trying to strangle Just Mayo in its cradle?
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That’s why we have courts
However, I would think there is a precedent established long ago by Miracle Whip.
Mayonnaise is indeed officially defined, and has been by the USDA since 1957. This case does seems like consumer fraud to me.
Since all the other “mayo” manufacturers include additives that aren’t in a traditional homemade mayo, do they have to remove the word from their labels as well?
I gave up taking labeling seriously when FAT-FREE Half and Half came out.
Websters.
That’s what I said. It’s more fundamental than a govt regulation. Look it up in a dictionary.
Same reason Miracle Whip isn’t called Mayonnaise - because it isn’t.
Mayo is an emulsion of eggs and oil. Add some acid (vinegar or lemon juice) and some seasonings.
No eggs, no mayo.
There is a standard legal definition of mayonnaise based on its ingredients(mayo is a long recognized abbreviated term for the same) under FDA rules. This definition was long acknowledged in culinary practice long before the advent of FDA. It is deceptive to label a product as “Just Mayo” without any qualifier such as “vegan” or “eggless”. The FDA was doing its job in this case and the makers of the vegan “mayo” were and are in the wrong.
One of my children is allergic to eggs. I’ve been buying “egg free mayonnaise” for years in the natural food section. No one had an issue with the small market manufacturers calling their eggless product mayo. It’s only an issue because Just Mayo is selling more.
I had no idea Just Mayo didn’t have eggs because it was on the shelf next to regular mayo. I’ve eaten if at a friend’s house and it tasted good-a major accomplishment as most egg free mayos make me gag.
"Give me ham on 5, hold the Mayo."
Exactly the government's point. The labeling is deceptive.
I realized that as I typed it. I’ve never purchased it, but now that I know it’s eggless I will. Egg allergies are a pain.
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