Taste test

FLAVOURED MAYONNAISE

There is nothing quite as decadently luscious as home-made mayonnaise, but it can be time-consuming to prepare, and even the most dedicated of scratch cooks usually has a jar of commercially-made mayo tucked away in the fridge.

Of course, you can buy a jar of your favourite mayo and add flavourings as you go, but if you can’t be bothered to do that, we tested a few of the most widely available flavoured versions around. All the different mayonnaises we tested were made with rapeseed oil.

Moodley Manor 3AM Garlic Mayo, no weight given, €3.99, 8/10

You could have knocked our testers down with a feather when we told them this Irishmade garlic mayo was vegan. It’s convincing and has a nice kick of black pepper. We’d happily eat it instead of ‘proper’ mayo. The only giveaway is the colour, which is a little grey. It has to be used within three days of opening.

Atkins & Potts, Fiery Wasabi Mayonnaise, 195g, €3.95, 8/10

We’d never thought of putting wasabi in our mayonnaise before, but once we tasted this, it made perfect sense — it’s a souped-up version of the mustard mayo that we might make at home to put with a burger and wedges. This would be great in sandwiches when a serious kick is needed.

Marks & Spencer Peri Peri Mayo, 280ml, €2.70, 7/10

Once our testers got over the slightly lurid colour of this spicy squeezable mayo, they said they enjoyed the kick of roasted red chillies and assertive flavour of paprika. Pretty good.

Stokes Chilli Mayonnaise, 345g, €3.95, 7/10

This mayonnaise is made with jalapeno chillies and is a pretty pink colour. The chilli flavour is subtle; some of our testers found the mayo too sweet.

Dunnes Stores Garlic Mayonnaise, 458g, €2.15, 6/10

Our testers were underwhelmed by this mayo from Dunnes, which didn’t have enough garlic flavour for their liking.