Miracle Whip and mayo are essentially oil, eggs, vinegar to create the emulsion, but “the whip” has a lot more stuff, giving it a distinct taste, especially the higher level of sweetener elements, than mayo. I grew up in the South, and there are definitely Whip camps and mayo camps. Each has their own distinctive marriage with bacon.
The Non-Fat Whip:
Ingredients
Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Vinegar, Modified Food Starch, Sugar, Soybean Oil*, contains less than 2% of Salt, Cellulose Gel, Egg Yolks*, Citric Acid, Artificial Color, Lactic Acid, Xanthan Gum, Mustard Flour, Cellulose Gum, Spice, Paprika, L-Cysteine, Dried Garlic, Yellow 6, Natural Flavor, Beta- Carotene (color), Artificial Flavor, Blue 1, with Potassium Sorbate and Calcium Disodium EDTA as preservatives. *Trivial source of fat and cholesterol.
Hellmann’s Mayo:
Ingredients
Soybean Oil, Water, Whole Eggs And Egg Yolks, Vinegar, Salt, Sugar, Lemon Juice, Calcium Disodium Edta (Used To Protect Quality), Natural Flavors Mrp#: 83198841
A fine desert island choice, either one. I’m a mayo, by the way, sometimes make my own, the garlicky aioli stuff.