Bioengineered Ingredients in Mayo

Interesting article on this from NPR last year: GMO is out, 'bioengineered' is in, as new U.S. food labeling rules take effect


From the USDA:  List of Bioengineered Foods

Processed food - bad, that’s all you need to know 🫤

Bioengineering is the new GMO term.

The item is genetically altered. So it's DNA is changed (or is it the rDNA?)

Anyways, not good for you.


I have seen that working for the last 3 or 4 years.

Chips, cereal, drinks, pasta, dressings, mayo, and lots of processed items.

Yeah, it’s likely the soybeans.

I make it from scratch all the time. Soooooo very easy!

How long does it last for you?

dewryce, I get about 2 weeks out of it. I use it for sandwiches and making dressings and dips. It makes a pint mason jar amount.

Here ya go! dewryce
Ingredients
1 cup extra light olive oil
1 large egg room temperature
1/2 tsp ground mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon lemon juice room temperature

Instructions
Add all the ingredients to a wide-mouth mason jar. The jar needs to be wide enough to fit the immersion blender.
Place the immersion blender over the top of the egg and turn the blender to low speed. Leave the immersion blender here and don’t move it until the mixture begins to turn white.

Increase the speed of the immersion blender and begin slowly lifting the blender up. Blend, taking the immersion blender up, down, and to the side until all the oil is completely emulsified. This process can take up to 1 minute.
When creamy and the oil is completely emulsified, remove the blender.
Serve immediately or store in an air-tight jar and store for up to 7 days.
Note: If you are using a blender, add everything in except for the light olive oil. Turn the blender on medium speed and slowly add in the olive oil and blend until thick and creamy.

Notes
Room Temperature: To prevent broken mayo, make sure that all ingredients are at room temperature.
Oil: The absolute key is Extra Light Olive Oil. No olive oil taste at all.
Storage: This will last up to 1 week in the fridge
Egg: This recipe contains raw eggs. If you have a concern, buy pasteurized eggs.

You're welcome!  WOW!! Walmart is 6 in a bag for $2.96.

Corn has been "bioengineered" for decades, if not longer. All crops have been modified in some way for centuries. It's called cross pollinating, splicing, and saving the seeds from the plants that resisted disease or pests the best. Corn today is nothing like the corn that was grown over 100 years ago because farmers created their own strain.

We just can do it at a micro level now instead of growing stuff in a greenhouse for several generations.

In the 80s I worked at Lubys, in the kitchen.  I made some of the salads. Everything was made from scratch.  Making the mayonnaise was one of my jobs.  I remember it was surprisingly easy and tasted so good.  
We all loved eating at Lubys and I gave my family and friends the salad recipes.  Including how to make the mayo.  Good times. 😊

Yep. Broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, and Brussels sprouts were all bioengineered from the same parent plant through selective breeding. I agree in the case of the mayo, it’s probably the soybeans used in the oil.



Bioengineering/GMO happens before the plant is grown. Not like hydrogenation and other processes that happen in the factory.

This. I mix tuna with barely enough mayo to moisten it (not a Mayo fan) maybe 6x a year, (and yes, the tiny 8oz container goes bad before i come close to using it up) so unless I was eating a large amount of it daily I wouldn’t personally be too concerned.