chemical composition, nutritional value, calorie content

Though mayonnaise and was invented in France, it entered traditional Russian cuisine a long time ago. In our country, this is one of the most popular sauces, which we add to almost any dish – salads, barbecue as a marinade and just as an addition to side dishes.

The fatter, the tastier – this is the principle of dishes to which mayonnaise is added. However, what is sold on the shelves of our stores is very different from the real mayonnaise, born in France. Many people think they know everything about this common sauce, but what are the true benefits and harms of mayonnaise? Not everyone can answer this question.

The benefits of mayonnaise

Everywhere they talk only about the dangers of mayonnaise. In principle, this is so, given the composition of most mayonnaise, which are sold in stores in our country. However, high-quality mayonnaise, produced by a bona fide manufacturer and consisting of natural products, or made on its own, may bring some benefits to the body.

• Mayonnaise contains egg white – albumin… This is the most essential protein for our body. In addition, the cold sauce also contains the yolk, which acts as a natural source of the irreplaceable component of the complex of B vitamins – choline. And do not be afraid of cholesterol – to consume its daily allowance, you need to eat at least 80 eggs.
• Mayonnaise saturates our body with unsaturated fats and healthy cholesterol… The composition of this product necessarily includes rapeseed, sunflower, olive or other vegetable oil containing the previously mentioned sources of energy, which is easily absorbed by the body. So, “good cholesterol” and unsaturated fats are able to stabilize metabolic processes in our body, as well as protect us from negative environmental factors. In addition, vegetable oil prevents the appearance of cardiovascular diseases, neutralizes blood clots and improves the absorption of vitamin A, which slows down the aging process.
• Vinegar in mayonnaise kills harmful bacteria… If apple cider vinegar is present in mayonnaise, then its use will have a positive effect on the whiteness of the teeth.

Harm of mayonnaise

Basically, mayonnaises, which are prepared industrially as a food additive for commercial purposes, do not represent anything useful.

• Fats… Mayonnaise includes not only vegetable oil with vitamin F. It also includes the so-called trans fats – modified vegetable oils that are not found in nature and therefore the human body is simply not able to assimilate and break down them. As a result, they begin to accumulate on the walls of blood vessels, in the liver, waist and pancreas, which will eventually lead to obesity and diseases such as atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease. The presence of these fats in mayonnaise can be found on the packaging, which says “high quality vegetable fat”. It should be noted that the fat content of mayonnaise is 2 times higher than the fat content of sour cream.
• emulsifier… These ingredients maintain the uniform consistency of the cold sauce. Today, they are soy lecithin, which uses genetically modified soybeans, and this raises doubts due to the fact that its effect on the human body is still practically unknown.
• Preservatives… They are used to increase the shelf life of mayonnaise by killing fungi and germs. Only a small part of the preservatives decomposes in the stomach under the influence of gastric juice, and the rest enters the cells of our body and begins to kill all living things there.
• amplifiers of taste… In addition to the bad effect on the stomach and the digestive system in general, a person begins to get used to these artificial substances, after which the habit turns into addiction and, accordingly, he wants to consume more mayonnaise.
• Also, harmful components such as pectin, gelatin, starch and milk concentrate can be added to mayonnaise, with the help of which manufacturers are trying to reduce the fat content of this product.

We can say that only mayonnaise is beneficial for the body, which is prepared at home from natural products without the addition of various chemicals, or high-quality mayonnaise, which, unfortunately, is very scarce on store shelves today.

But the harm of mayonnaise, even homemade, can also manifest itself with improper and long-term storage (you did not add preservatives so that it does not deteriorate quickly?).

Nutritional value and chemical composition of mayonnaise

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