The best brands of mayonnaise

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

The autonomous non-profit organization "Russian Quality System" (Roskachestvo) is a national monitoring system that conducts independent research on the quality of goods on the shelves of Russian stores and assigns the "Quality Mark" to the best Russian products.

This article is devoted to the consideration of various brands of mayonnaise, in particular those that have earned the recognition of many thousands of people on the territory of the Russian Federation.

An essential product

Mayonnaise has long been a part of city life. This is a quick sauce, always ready to eat. He saves in difficult situations, when guests may unexpectedly turn up or there is nothing else at hand for a snack. It even began to be produced in a lean version. Lenten mayonnaise brands "Schedro", "Ryaba", "Sloboda" will help believers and even those who are losing weight in difficult moments of lack of pickles. With those who lose weight, however, everything is more difficult.

As you know, manufacturers do not consider it necessary to produce brands of mayonnaise without sugar. Manufacturers of mayonnaise sauces are in no hurry to get rid of the high-calorie preservative, as it belongs to the natural type. If this question is fundamental, you should start cooking mayonnaise at home. But how do factories produce real mayonnaise worthy of having the “Seal of Quality”?

Technology

To begin with, choose vegetable oil. The main condition is refined and deodorized. Further, to convert the mayonnaise into a smooth, thick, creamy emulsion, emulsifiers are added. If we consider the optimal version of quality, then lecithin is used, which is contained in egg yolk. However, the use of dry milk derivatives is also allowed, for example, soy lecithin or whey. Mustard powder can also be used as an emulsifier, which gives an incredible piquancy to mayonnaise.

In order to avoid delamination during transportation or temperature changes (especially for low- and medium-calorie products), thickeners and stabilizers are added to mayonnaise. The ideal option is xanthan and guar gums, starches, locust bean gums. High-fat mayonnaise does not need these additives.

Citric acid (vinegar) and sugar serve as preservatives in mayonnaise. Citric acid provides sourness and vinegary flavor, unlike those in which it is not used. Different brands have their own production technologies. Somemanufacturers do not want to spoil their product with acetic acid and prefer to stick to the vector of optimal naturalness and taste.

Risk factors

Dangerous in mayonnaise are acids, dyes and flavorings. If you do not want to risk your he alth, you can make mayonnaise at home. As it turns out, it's quite easy. The main advantage of homemade sauce is the freshness of the products and confidence in the cooking process. Mayonnaise from the counter, we can either trust or not. But let's move on to the realities of today.

The results were expected

As it turned out, the most popular brands of mayonnaise in Russia with a fat content of 67% ("Provencal") are the following:

• Billa;
• Globus;
• Baisad;
• Heinz;
• Fine Life;
• Mr. Ricco;
• Rioba;
• Vkusnoteka;
• "Bouquet";
• "Gastronom";
• "Every day";
• "All year round";
• EZhK;
• Maheev;
• "Mistress's Dream";
• "Moscow Provence";
• Miladora;
• Novosibirsky;
• "Ryaba";
• Sprinkle;
• Oscar;
• "Selyanochka";
• "Sloboda";
• "Skit";
• "What you need";
• Khabarovsk;
• Thousand Lakes.

Among the items sent for research, 9 were private labels and 7 were major regional brands.

Procurement for research was carried out invarious outlets in the country. The cities included Yekaterinburg, Krasnoyarsk, Kislovodsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk and Saratov.

Quality is beyond praise

According to GOST, mayonnaise is a sauce that contains at least 50 percent fat and 1 percent egg products. These characteristics create a line between mayonnaise and mayonnaise sauce, which can contain at least 15 percent fat. The best mayonnaise is Provencal, which contains 67 percent fat.

However, the above samples were selected not just in accordance with GOST, but according to more stringent standards of the Russian quality system, which resemble an extended version of the requirements of the state standard. The composition of the product is always under the gun: 100% natural components are expected here, which should have a low level of acidity, a stable emulsion and increased density. The standard does not allow the presence of artificial preservatives in mayonnaise brands.

Formula

Thus, quality mayonnaise is a mixture of the following ingredients: vegetable oil, eggs and egg products, natural thickeners, mustard products, natural flavors and colors, antioxidants, sugar and s alt.

However, according to the deputy head of the quality control organization, Elena Saratseva, mandatory technical regulations allow the use of certain artificial ingredients. It turns out that the naturalness of the product lies in its quality,not safe.

All of the listed samples turned out to be quality products without artificial components. In addition, none of the testing laboratories found traces of GMOs in the products presented.

What to watch out for

Roskachestvo limits the use of non-natural preservatives in Russian trademarks mayonnaise, which include:

• sorbic acid and its s alts;
• benzoic acid;
• antioxidants (including EDTA);
• vitamins;
• multivitamin premixes;
• complex stabilization systems (i.e. nutritional supplements).

It may seem absurd to include vitamins in this list, because it is believed that they are of great benefit to our body. These additives have been shown to reduce the growth of most micro-organisms, especially yeasts and molds.

Preservatives help increase an important characteristic of the product - here we are talking about the shelf life (up to 7-12 months), says Olga Tokmina, head of the Roskachestvo certification body.

Open wrestling

However, as practice shows, manufacturers often do not think to hide the use of such additives on product labeling, hoping that the target audience is not aware of this issue. And really, how many people will think about the dangers of vitamins?

However, the product must be manufactured in accordance with the requirements of Roskachestvo, which indicate the restriction on the use of any artificial preservatives. Violation of this requirement knocks out27 listed brands of mayonnaise 16 samples. The “dropped out” of the race for the title of the best 16 products, as it turned out, include benzoic (E210) or sorbic (E200) acids in their composition.

"Novosibirsk Provencal", Heinz.

In addition to the listed research procedures, the presence of heavy metals, radioactive nuclides, toxic elements, pathogenic microorganisms (including Salmonella and E. coli) in the composition of the samples is analyzed. As a result, all products submitted for testing turned out to be safe, which is good news.

"Slimmed" mayonnaise

The obligatory technical regulation, which provides for the presence of 67 percent fat content in mayonnaise brands, as it turned out during the study, is often not observed. Packages confidently say that mayonnaise complies with GOST (No. 31761 “Mayonnaises and mayonnaise sauces”), however, about half of the submitted samples do not meet the standard.

The fact is that manufacturers of mayonnaise brands deliberately reduce the actual amount of fat in comparison with the information stated on the label.

In 13 cases out of 27, manufacturers reduced the percentage of fat in their products. It turned out that Heinz is the brand of mayonnaise (you can see the photo of the product below in the article), which “sins” the most in this parameter.

Provencal by Heinzcontains only 61 percent fat. Such actions can be regarded as a violation of consumer rights in relation to reliable information about the product. Therefore, this information was immediately sent for consideration to Rospotrebnadzor.

Expert opinion

According to Ekaterina Nesterova, Executive Director of the Association of Producers and Consumers of Oil and Fat Products, as a result of laboratory studies, it was found that the largest inconsistencies were identified in the mass fraction of fat. The product must clearly meet the requirements and information declared about it. Unfortunately, the taste of the average consumer is unlikely to be able to detect a difference in the percentage of fat, only a highly qualified taster will be able to navigate here.

Regarding the ban on preservatives laid down in the Roskachestvo standard, Ekaterina responds approvingly, considering it to be correct. The executive director says that even today manufacturers of many brands of mayonnaise have tightened the requirements for their products, refusing to use preservatives. Such a turn for the better is regarded as the restoration of a high culture of production and the appropriate sanitary conditions necessary for this. It is no secret, says Nesterova, that preservatives are used to get rid of pathogenic microorganisms, which, however, are unlikely to appear if the production process is carried out under the necessary conditions: there are bactericidal lamps, disinfection of equipment, cleanliness of productionrooms, air, water and so on.

Which brand of mayonnaise is best?

Samples subjected to examination proved to be safe products in accordance with established standards. Some products even meet the increased quality requirements that were established by the Roskachestvo regulations. Five trademarks of domestic production received the "Quality Mark". These include:

• "Skit";
• Mr. Ricco;
• "Ryaba";
• "Bouquet";
• "Sloboda".

Novosibirsk Provensal mayonnaise has become a high-quality product.

According to the examination, 8 more items were recognized as high-quality goods: "Selyanochka", "Oscar", Fine Life, Globus, "Housewife's Dream", "Thousand Lakes", "EZhK", "Gastronom".

We hope that the information provided in this article will help you make a choice in the grocery store.