A Saucy Bit on the Side (Hellmans Extra Light Mayonnaise)

Member Name: Zmugzy

Product:	Hellmans Extra Light Mayonnaise
Date:	03/06/09 (136 review reads)
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Advantages: Brightens up a salad

Disadvantages: It's also sold in plastic bottles

Being blessed with a slim waistline and smooth firm bottom I've never been one for being obsessed with counting the calories. The reason I sampled this Hellmann's Extra Light mayonnaise was because I was invited round to dinner by a fat bottomed friend and I was offered this as a condiment to adorn some daintily prepared cucumber sandwiches. In truth I would have preferred something from the Paul Newman range of salad dressings, but I refrained from making a fuss about the matter.

Hellmann's Light Mayonnaise is a little thinner than the original and claims to possess half the fat (at only 3%), half the calories, but all the taste of the real thing and I would go along with that. Everyone to be sure needs something to add a little vigour to a dangling limp lettuce leaf or to bring a wilting cucumber back to life and spreading a bit of Hellmann's about certainly seems to do the trick.

Although not as thick when scooped from the jar, the light version seems just as rich and tasty as the original. Perhaps it is a little less creamy but it still retains a good consistency and is not watery or runny as are some cheaper varieties. The flavour is quite sweet and there is a citrus tang and one can detect only a hint of egg. According to the label I was pleased to discover that the eggs and egg yolk of Hellmans Mayonnaise Extra Light are no longer sourced from battery farm hens and are now derived from free range hens.

The salad dressing of which I partook came in the traditional glass jar. Fortunately, although I live in a socially deprived area, none of my friends or family (fat-bottomed or otherwise) have resorted to the dreadful undignified habit of squeezing their condiments from plastic bottles.

The jars are available in most supermarkets. A 400g jar will set you back about £1.79.

Summary: Salad cream spread for the calorie conscious