Light Mayonnaise

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 2 ingredients to avoid

Sainsbury's Light Mayonnaise scores 11/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

Sainsbury's Light Mayonnaise lists 12 ingredients, starting with Water, Rapeseed Oil (26%), Modified Maize Starch, Free Range Pasteurised Egg Yolk (3%) and Sugar. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 11/100 Sainsbury's Light Mayonnaise scores worse than most mayonnaise we have scored. A higher-scoring option in mayonnaise is Sir Kensington's Organic Mayonnaise at 100/100.