Thread: Mayo as a good fat source?

It is not a bad source of fat if you use a good Mayo. But if you are looking it as a source of EFA's then FOC's are much better.

edit: you can also make your own EFA mayo. Jodi has a recipie in the recipie section.

you can get some good mayos which have added EFAs now.

As long as the mayo is made with things like olive oil, safflower oil, etc etc, then it is fine.

If it is made with added high fructose corn syrup, dextrose and poorer fat sources, then it is not the best.

Hain's makes a really good safflower mayo. You can find it in the same aisle/shelf as regular mayo at the grocery store. It has a yellow/orange label.

Thanks for the responses.

Actually this might sound ridiculous, but i ate a bag of chips today and of the 26 g of fat in the bad, 0 was trans fat, and only 6 was saturated... does that mean the rest was poly/monounsaturated fats? And does that mean that bag of chips contained 20 g of EFAs?

I have an EFA Mayo recipe that is pretty good and excellent source of fats

Originally Posted by ST240

Thanks for the responses.

Actually this might sound ridiculous, but i ate a bag of chips today and of the 26 g of fat in the bad, 0 was trans fat, and only 6 was saturated... does that mean the rest was poly/monounsaturated fats? And does that mean that bag of chips contained 20 g of EFAs?

It was probably 14g of mostly vegetable fat (they often use this to cook chips etc in).. Which is usually a mix of mono and poly fats (which oil they used will determine the content)....

But not all of your poly fats are EFA's... There are only two EFA (essential fatty acids) - whick are those that the body can not make. They are ALA and LA (one is an omega-3 fat and the other is an omega-6 fat). But there are lots of other fats (mono and poly fats) that are not essential.