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No one is quite sure where mayonnaise originated from. As best as we can tell, it was being made in either France or Spain by the early 1800s, with origins before that being the stuff of various theories. What is not in dispute: today, mayonnaise — or mayo, as Americans like to call it — is a popular condiment. It’s a mainstay on lunch meat sandwiches and is a common ingredient in everything from deviled eggs to Ranch dressing.
You can find mayo in just about every grocery store and dollar store in America, and probably in a few gas stations, too. Aldi is just such a grocer, and it’s one that sells its own house brand.
Burman’s Real Mayonnaise is an Aldi Regular Buy, which means you can find it in stores all the time. It’s stocked in the room-temperature section alongside dressings and such. It comes in a 30-ounce plastic container — one that bears a suspicious resemblance to Hellmann’s Mayonnaise — and currently costs $3.15, or about 11 cents an ounce. That’s lower than the 16-18 cents an ounce most name-brand mayo goes for at Walmart, and it’s about the same price as Walmart’s own private label mayonnaise. Aldi is competitive here.
The container can be kept at room temperature while sealed but should be refrigerated after opening. In addition, there is a best-by date printed on the container.
The ingredients and nutrition information are on par with Hellmann’s and other mayo brands I’ve seen. The primary ingredients are soybean oil, water, whole eggs and egg yolks, and vinegar, along with a few other ingredients. A one-tablespoon serving has 90 calories, 10 grams of fat, 1.5 grams of saturated fat, and 90 milligrams of sodium. Eggs are listed as an allergen warning.
Nutrition information and ingredients. (Click to enlarge.)
We’ve been using this mayo for years now, and if there’s a difference between it and national mayo brands, we don’t taste it. It goes on smoothly, has a creamy texture, and tastes the way that we expect mayo to taste. We’ve used it on sandwiches and in various recipes, and we don’t see any need to go with a name-brand mayo.
The Verdict:
Burman’s Real Mayonnaise is a solid mayo that, in our view, is perfectly fine as a name-brand substitute. The taste and texture both deliver, and the price is less than the national brands and competitive with Walmart. About the only nit is that it only comes in one size. Unless we need a smaller container for some reason, this is our go-to mayonnaise.
OK, Joshua, I’ll bite (pun intended). To me, nothing can possibly compare with Hellman’s, even though the price has been rising like a rocket carrying the next crew to the space station. But on the strength of this recommendation, I’ll give Burman’s a try. If the trial results are unfavorable, you’ll be the first to know.
Burman’s Real Mayonnaise now actually tastes better than Hellman’s Mayonnaise. The last few times I bought Hellman’s Mayonnaise, it always had an old oily taste to it that it use to never have. So I bought Burman’s as an alternative and never went back to Hellman’s. It has that great mayonnaise taste that Hellman’s use to have.