Editing Mayonnaise (section)

=== Imitations ===
[[Miracle Whip]] was developed as a less expensive imitation of mayonnaise.<ref name="Oxford">{{cite book   | title = The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink | author= Andrew F. Smith | publisher = Oxford University Press, USA |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=AoWlCmNDA3QC&q=miracle+whip&pg=PA370 | date = 2007  | page =  370 | isbn = 9780195307962 | access-date = 4 December 2015 }}</ref> Lacking sufficient oil, it does not meet the legal definition of mayonnaise, and so is marketed as salad dressing.<ref>[[Melissa Clark]], "Miracle Whip vs. Mayonnaise", ''Real Simple'', [https://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/shopping-storing/food/miracle-whip-mayonnaise July 30, 2004] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228161853/https://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/shopping-storing/food/miracle-whip-mayonnaise |date=28 February 2019 }}</ref>

[[File:Vegan sandwich (3863098026).jpg|thumb|A vegan sandwich with egg-free variety of mayonnaise]]
Egg-free imitations of mayonnaise are available for [[Veganism|vegans]] and others who avoid eggs or [[cholesterol]], or who have [[Egg allergy|egg allergies]]. In the U.S., these imitations cannot be labelled as "mayonnaise" because the definition of mayonnaise requires egg.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/cfrsearch.cfm?fr=169.140|title=CFR – Code of Federal Regulations Title 21|publisher=Accessdata.fda.gov|access-date=2016-02-12|archive-date=2 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302153326/http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/cfrsearch.cfm?fr=169.140|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="fda-warning-letter">{{cite web|url=https://www.fda.gov/ICECI/EnforcementActions/WarningLetters/2015/ucm458824.htm|title=Hampton Creek Foods 8/12/15|date=20 August 2015|publisher=Fda.gov|access-date=9 September 2015|archive-date=9 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909051709/http://www.fda.gov/iceci/enforcementactions/warningletters/2015/ucm458824.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Egg-free imitations generally contain soya or pea protein as the emulsifying agent to stabilize oil droplets in water.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O-t9BAAAQBAJ&pg=RA2-PA670|title=Encyclopedia of Food and Health|date=2015-08-26|publisher=Academic Press|isbn=9780123849533|language=en}}</ref> Well-known brands include [[Nasoya Foods|Nasoya]]'s Nayonaise, [[Follow Your Heart (company)|Vegenaise]] and [[Just Mayo]] in North America, and Plamil Egg Free in the United Kingdom.<ref name="eggfreemayo2">{{cite book|last1=Moran|first1=Victoria|last2=Moran|first2=Adair|title=Main Street Vegan: Everything You Need to Know to Eat Healthfully and Live Compassionately in the Real World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RSyom6UrjlUC&pg=PT168|year=2012|publisher=Penguin Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-101-58062-2|page=168}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/12/27/vegenaise_vs_mayonnaise_why_vegan_substitute_mayo_is_better_than_regular.html|title=Vegenaise vs. Mayonnaise: Why Vegan-substitute mayo is better than regular mayonanaise|last=Goldstein|first=Katherine|date=27 December 2013|publisher=Slate.com|access-date=27 August 2015|archive-date=3 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903112216/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/12/27/vegenaise_vs_mayonnaise_why_vegan_substitute_mayo_is_better_than_regular.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.plamilfoods.co.uk/egg-free-mayo/|title=Plamil: Egg Free Mayonnaise|publisher=Plamilfoods.co.uk|access-date=27 August 2015|archive-date=19 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319201641/https://www.plamilfoods.co.uk/egg-free-mayo/|url-status=dead}}</ref>