There is a safety seal on any that I have purchased. It's a little plastic-like piece around the lid.

That's what I thought. Thanks.

I guess this jar is going back to the store.

EWWW!!

Well, it's not exactly a safety seal like you get on a jar of peanut butter. That's a foil seal that's under the twist off lid. Hellman's has a brittle plastic ring that goes around the outside edge of the twist-off lid. Was that missing?

Wait, not so fast--maybe your mayo has some valuable extras in it!

I thought I had an unopened jar of Hellmann's in the fridge, but when I went to check, I saw that my husband had already gotten to it. So I Googled and found this old story. Having lived in Washington Heights, I can believe that at one time it probably wasn't all that rare to open a mayo jar and find . . .

Here is a link that might be useful: You gotta crack some eggs to make mayo

Well when I opened it, it looked untouched. There was no sign of crack cocaine either. :-) But it's still going back to the store.

It was definitely not opened by DH. He only eats Miracle Whip and can't understand why we always have 2 open jars of "mayo" in the fridge.

But I just can't stand MW. I need to have pure Hellman's for my tomato sandwiches on rye.

Oh, I never even thought about checking with the 1-800 number on the label. Good idea!

I spoke with a customer service person who said there is no inner safety seal under the lid, but that the lid itself should have had an outer safety seal.

She's going to send me some coupons. :-)

I just called the phone number on the jar, and spoke with customer service. They are sending me a full refund coupon. If there is not a seal over the mouth of the jar, don't use it.

Perhaps that's true for the big jars, but the smaller ones have only had the plastic twisty ring for a long time now.

I have both opened and unopened jars (30-oz.) of Best Foods/Hellman's mayo. As already mentioned here, the "safety seal" is the little plastic ring at the bottom of the lid on the outside.

How do you open the seal on a new jar of Hellman/Blue Plate mayo?

Linda, you just twist the lid open with Hellmann’s and Best Foods. The lid is designed with a tamper proof ring around the bottom. The ring breaks free when you twist/open the lid.

The small jars don't have a foil seal that covers the mou

I love Hellmann's mayo, but the plastic jar is nearly impossible to open, and I refuse to buy a squeeze bottle because I know some of the mayo will be wasted. At least a couple of these comments have said that you can just twist the top of the lid and it will separate from the bottom ring. Not so. My hands are reasonably strong, but twisting and twisting did not work. So I nearly stabbed myself a few times trying to force a separation with a knife. Not smart. Next I soaked the top under running hot water, and then applied the knife. I finally got it open, but needless to say, I don't recommend this fix, plus you end up with a soggy label. Come on, there must be a better way. Like if the top and ring weren't completely joined. You'd still need to twist the top to break the tamper-proof seal, but it wouldn't be so frustrating.

“I love Hellmann's mayo, but the plastic jar is nearly impossible to open…”

I just opened a new jar of Best Foods yesterday. The ring broke free without much effort, but I understand your frustration with the knife and hot water.

The greedy manufacturers have ruined mayonnaise. Have you noticed that it's fluffier and less eggy than in the past? Water is now the second ingredient. For the past five years I've bought store brands and Trader Joe's, where eggs or egg yolks were the second ingredient. Now they're water too.

I saw Duke's at a local store recently and it has eggs as the second ingredient. I'm trying that next.

It sounds like -6435’s problem was a lack of counter pressure. Can't be positive, of course, but next time, try holding the cap with a thick, dry towel, and turning the cap with that hand, and the jar the other way with the other hand.

Oh, interesting, Eileen -- it does seem extra fluffy and less eggy. Be sure to post your opinion re Duke's mayo.

And thanks, pillog. I think I was sort of doing that -- the towel and all -- but I'll definitely use your method next time...unless I switch to Duke's mayo.

Use a bottle opener. The one that has a point for punching holes in a can on one end and a beer can opener on the other.

Just a little will release enough of the pressure and then you can twist it off.

Eileen - I see that 365 lists eggs as the second ingredoent, as does Truff, another brand WF sells.

Just looked at the ingredients in mt Light Mayo. I should probably be happy that water is first. 😬

I don’t like mayo but DH is an addict. I found the new Spicy mayo on clearance at Costco so I picked up the two pack without ever reading the label. He loved it! He put the empty bottle on the counter last night and then I saw this thread. 😂

Guess how many ingredients are listed before eggs on this particular bottle.

Looks like mayo with some hot peppers right?

Well, if anyone guessed that Eggs would be listed #8 and Egg yolks would be #9. Then you win! By the way, sugar is #4. Wait til I tell him he can’t have it anymore because it is too far from keto.

I should have known. LOL

I saw Duke's on sale last week, so bought a jar. We are a Hellman's/Best Foods family, but I've heard good things about Duke's. Will report after we open it, but must use up an open jar of Hellman's first.

I ALWAYS use Blue Plate. They do use sugar, but they only use egg YOLKS, not the whole egg. It is much richer.

I know just enough of the science to get it wrong, but the yolks are the emulsifier. The saying is that if done correctly, a single yolk can emulsify a swimming pool of oil. That there's more of something than egg doesn't bother me. Notice that there's more cayenne than whole egg or yolk (though maybe not more than the two combined). Even the water doesn't bother me too much. It's harmless, and filling in for the egg whites that are removed from the yolks. Without it, the mayo would be too thick, and they're obviously cutting costs, using the whites elsewhere (maybe those tubs of egg whites you can buy). Lots of mayo (not keto, of course) has sugar as a flavoring. It should be with the spices, though! Sir K, which tastes awfully sweet to me, lists it after the salt. And is the starch there as a stabilizer? Sweetener? And then the preservatives. Mayonnaise will separate and start to go rancid if abandoned in the cupboard, especially if it's a bit warm, but ”shelf stable” is not always a good thing...

And yet I see only 1 gram of carbohydrates per 1 Tbs. serving, Joan...?

And for opening jars, one of these type of grippers usually comes in handy:

In a pinch, I'll grab a rubber glove and use that as a gripper, not wearing it, tho 🙂

I think Dukes is a recent addition on the shelves in the West. I'd read about it here and it seemed well loved so thought i'd try it if I ever saw it. It finally appeared at the supermarket I shop so I picked some up. But, alas, it's in plastic and not organic. I try to buy in glass when I can and organic is a priority. It was good enough, but for those other reasons, I'll stick to organic. TJ's has an organic mayo in glass. It's good enough, but unfortunately has soybean oil. Or, I buy a brand at the food co-op that uses only Avocado Oil and tho not fully organic, the eggs are organic, it's non GMO and packed in glass - Primal Kitchen = Avocado Oil, Organic Vinegar, Organic Eggs, Organic Egg Yolks, Salt, Rosemary Extract, Mustard Seed Extract.