Vegan Just Mayo Really is Mayonnaise, Even Without the Egg: FDA Reverses Ruling
What’s in a name? A lot if you’re Hampton Creek , the manufacturer of Just Mayo, a vegan mayonnaise product the FDA finally said can be called mayonnaise after all, even though it doesn’t include eggs. Eggs were in the agency’s original definition of mayonnaise, which dates back half a century. In August, the FDA told Hampton Creek that it was improperly using the term “mayo”—an obvious abbreviation for “mayonnaise”–on its popular spread. The agency said it could “mislead” consumers into thinking that the product actually contained eggs, and in a warning letter, told Hampton Creek it needed to revise its name and branding. The Just Mayo labels show an image of an egg with a pea shoot growing up through it. Pea protein is used in place of eggs in the recipe. The FDA told Quartz, “The FDA and [Hampton Creek] met to discuss the issues cited in the warning letter and worked together to address them. The company committed to making labeling changes to ensure its products are labeled in a
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