Hellmann's

Hellmanns mayonnaise light

CModerate GoutMarket grade · Moderate · #31 of 33 mayonnaise we grade

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Purine and sugar, by the numbers

Serving1 Tbsp (15 g)
Purine per servingunder 1 mg (0% of the 400 mg daily guide)
Purine per 100 gat most 1 mg
Purine before GoutSafe's weightingunder 1 mg per serving
Main purine sourcecorn
Fructose per serving0 g
Added sugar per servingnot on the label
Total sugar per servingnot on the label

Where the purine comes from

IngredientMatched GoutSafe foodPurine in that food, per 100 gShare of the productPurine at that share, per servingCounted in the worst case
modified food starch (corn, potato) corn (A) 12 mg up to 33% under 1 mg under 1 mg
whole eggs boiled egg yolk (A) 1 mg up to 17% under 1 mg under 1 mg

Purine values come from each matched food's page on GoutSafe. Shares come from label order: US labels list ingredients by weight, so the second ingredient is at most half the product, and anything after "2% or less" is at most 2%. The worst case fills the most purine-dense ingredients to their full share first, until the shares reach the whole product, then applies GoutSafe's weighting by source, which counts plant purines at 0.3, dairy at 0 and organ meat at 1.3 because they raise uric acid by different amounts. The grade uses that worst case. How we rate.

Why it's rated C

  • Open Food Facts classes it as ultra-processed (NOVA 4), and GoutSafe's rule keeps ultra-processed foods at Moderate (C) or below. Source on GoutSafe.
  • Under 1 mg of purine per serving, well under 1% of the 400 mg daily guide. Source on GoutSafe.

Estimated from the ingredient label. Labels list ingredients by weight but rarely give amounts, so we grade on the most purine the label allows, which can read stricter than the real recipe and never safer. The label we read has no sugar line, so sugar is not part of this grade. How we rate.

What's on the label

Ingredients: WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH (CORN, POTATO)**, SUGAR, DISTILLED VINEGAR, WHOLE EGGS AND EGG YOLKS, SALT, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, SORBIC ACID** AND CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (USED TO PROTECT QUALITY), NATURAL FLAVOR, PAPRIKA EXTRACT, VITAMIN E.

Serving: 1 Tbsp (15 g). Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2023418), dated 2021-10-28. UPC 048001213586. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.

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