Ugh, the "avocado" mayo I've been using isn't

(Bob M) #1

They found a lot of products supposedly made from avocado oil have seed oils added to them. Including the one from Costco that I’ve been using.

This is not great.

#2

Just saw that, the Primal Kitchen ones were the ones that started that since being sold to Heinz, HUGE surprise!

You’d think these companies would be intelligent enough to not screw with them. Clearly their target audience unlike the rest of the planet WILL be checking up on them.

(Central Florida Bob ) #3

Didn’t we go through this with olive oils a few years ago?

A “couple of” or more years ago, we switched to making our own mayo, using a good brand of olive oil and a recipe found online. The only issue we ever had was the mayo “breaking” (not forming a good emulsion) which I cured by buying some lecithin, and we haven’t had broken mayo since.

When you have control over every ingredient, and a batch of mayo lasts around two weeks, the 10 minutes to make a batch ain’t much.

Avocado oil tastes rather different than olive oil, so some research to find out which brands aren’t cut would probably be a good first step.

(Doug) #4

:smile::stuck_out_tongue: Yes, and it was UC Davis there too…

But it really wasn’t that the olive oils were “fake” or were adulterated with cheaper oils/nut, seed, vegetable oils.

More that they didn’t smell good, that they were cloudy or rancid from being too old and/or exposed to light, and not qualifying for ‘extra virgin.’

(Central Florida Bob ) #5

Thanks for finding that! Interesting.

We’ve been using Filippo Berio olive oil, and a lighter tasting oil of theirs. We have some extra virgin that I use in some recipes, like Caesar dressing. Sometimes.

(S O) #6

I think there was a scandal like this 2-3 years ago. I was recently at Costco considering some avocado oil thinking surely there must be nothing to worry about by now and then saw this post and some vids on YouTube.