In cooking, mayonnaise is a thick, creamy sauce, usually of a white or light yellow color, which is made and eaten cold. It is a stable emulsion of vegetable oil dispersed in water,with egg yolk as the emulsifier, flavored with vinegar or lemon juice (which helps the emulsion) and frequently mustard. Other seasonings call for other names (see below). Mayonnaise is one of the mother sauces of classic French cooking, so it is the base for many other chilled sauces and salad dressings. For example:
Tartar sauce is mayonnaise spiced with capers and chunks of pickles.
Russian dressing is mayonnaise with tomato sauce or ketchup added.
Thousand Island dressing is Russian dressing with pickles and herbs.
Mayonnaise is commonly used as sandwich spread in North America; on French fries in northern Europe and parts of Canada; and on cold chicken or hard-boiled eggs in France.
Mayonnaise Nutrition Facts: Calories, Carbs, and Health Benefits
Mayonnaise is 21.65% water, 0.57% carbohydrates, 0.96% protein, 0% dietary fiber, 1.98% ash and 74.85% fat. If you consume one tablespoon of mayonnaise you will get 0.144 grams of protein. It is equal to 0.31 percent of the 46 grams of protein women should include in their daily diet and 0.26 percent of the 56 grams men need on a daily basis. That same it has an energy value of 2844 kJ (680 Calories) in a 100 g (3.5 Oz) amount and is a very good source of Vitamin K1 (phylloquinone) (181.11% of the Daily Value). So if your diet contains mayonnaise, it helps your body to stabilise blood clots and heal wounds faster, regulate concentration of calcium in the blood, maintain healthy bone growth and resorption and it is effective against excessive bleeding, osteoporosis by regulating calcium levels and neuronal damage in the brain. With this it contains a considerable amount of Sodium attaining 42.33% of the Daily Value in a 100 g (3.5 Oz).
