does mayonnaise contain raw eggs?

Answer 1

They've been pasteurized so they're safe.

Answer 2

The classic Mayonnaise recipe is as follows:-

Ingredients
1 egg yolk
2.5 ml dry mustard
2.5 ml salt
1.25 ml pepper
2.5 ml sugar
1590 ml salad oil
15 ml white vinegar

Put the egg yolk in a basin with the seasonings and sugar. Mix thoroughly, then add the oil drop by drop, stirrinmg briskly with a wooden spoon the whole time or using a whisk, until the sauce is thick and smooth. If it becomes too thick add a little of the vinegar. When all the oil has been added, add the vinegar gradually and mix thoroughly. If liked a little lemon juice may be used instead of the vinegar.

To keep the basin firmly in position twist a damp cloth tightly round the base - this prevents slipping. In order that the oil may be added 1 drop at a time put into the bottle neck a cork from which a wedge has been cut.

Shouild the sauce curdle during the process of making put another egg yolk into the basin and add the curdled sauce very gradually in the same way as the oil is added to the original egg yolk.

If you wish you can vary the flavour by adding some of the following:-
Chopped capers, pimientos and tarragon vinegar. Goes well with fish.
Celery, chopped and chives.
Cream, about 4 tbsps whipped cream.
Cucumber, finely chopped. Goes well with fish or salads.
Herbs, chopped chives and parsley.
Horseradish
Tomato ketchup, chopped olives and paprika.
Tomato, skinned and diced with chopped spring onion (scallions), salt, vinegar and lemon juice.
Crumbled blue cheese.

Answer 3

Mayonnaise could not be sold in stores if it contained raw eggs as there would be a high possibility it would contain salmonella or other bacteria. The same reasoning is used with burgers as now the diners/restaurants have to cook them so there is not pink showing. The site below contains info on pasteurizing your own eggs at home so you can make your own mayo should you want to.

Answer 4

Mayonnaise bought in jars does NOT contain raw egg from the egg shell but pasteurised egg. This means that the egg has been treated to remove harmful bacteria and therefore remove the risk of salmonella. If , however, you eat homemade mayonnaise this will have been made using raw eggs and there is a risk of getting salmonella from this type of mayonnaise

Answer 5

Yes, it does ... but they do have pasturized eggs nowdays, which they claim are perfectly safe.... available in the supermarket

If that makes you uncomfortable still, you can make eggless mayonnaise, starting with only a small cooked potato .... there is a recipe for it in the Fannie Farmer Cookbook, available online ..just type in:
Fannie Farmer Cookbook and they have the complete 1918 edition of her book in its entirely ... it is a great deal of fun, by the way

If the information about the potato does not sound reliable to you, I can also add that I once saw that you could start a mayonnaise with about 1/4 cup of bread crumbs (it did not specify fresh or dry... I am sorry to say)
but one can always experiment .... it is all just to catch the oil to start an emulsion, nothing chemically mysterious

Cheers!

Answer 6

Yes, they use raw eggs, but the store bought mayo. is pasteurized before it's sold. I've made homemade mayo. before that is to die for. It contains only yolks though--no whites. The recipe (courtesy of Alton Brown of Food TV fame) calls to let the finished mayo sit on the counter for an hour before refrigerating it. I forget why, but it has something to do with the lemon juice I think. I usually make homemade mayo once every few months, and neither I nor my husband or two toddlers have ever gotten sick from it.

Answer 7

Yes, it does contain raw eggs. However, at least in the United States, I believe it is a requirement that the eggs be pasteurized, so the odds of foodborne illness are extremely low.

Answer 8

Yes... Here is a list of ingredients for a really tasty homemade mayo
* 2 egg yolks
* 3/4 teaspoon salt
* 1/2 teaspoon powdered mustard
* 1/8 teaspoon sugar
* Pinch cayenne pepper
* 4 to 5 teaspoons lemon juice or white vinegar
* 1-1/2 cups olive or other salad oil
* 4 teaspoons hot water

Oddly, it's the acidity and NOT pasteurization that makes mayo inhospitable to bacterial critters.

It's only when you dilute it, like, making potato or macaroni salad and THEN storing badly that you start to grow bad things... (A sun-ripened turkey and mayo sandwich is NOT your friend!)

Best wishes!

Answer 9

Yes it contains raw eggs.

Answer 10

It used to
Let me read the label.
Yup
That is,,, it says Whole egg and egg yoke.

ps You would,, if it was an advertising key point ,,
If you pasteurized the eggs
wouldn't you put it on the label ??
I was told the acid in the vinegar took cake of that.

Answer 11

Yes is is made out of raw eggs.