Household Ingredients Compared › Mayonnaise (Singapore)
Mayonnaise is, at its simplest, an emulsion of oil, egg yolk and an acid (usually vinegar or lemon juice), with salt and sometimes mustard, sugar or flavourings. The shelf in Singapore is wider than that one recipe: full-fat mayonnaise, light / reduced-fat and low-fat versions (which replace some oil with water, starches or gums), Kewpie-style Japanese mayonnaise (egg-yolk only, rice vinegar, usually with MSG), vegan / egg-free mayonnaise, flavoured mayonnaise (garlic, chilli, truffle) and sandwich spread / mayo-style dressings sold as mayonnaise. The front of the jar rarely makes the fat, egg and additive differences clear; the ingredient list does.
This page covers mayonnaise sold in Singapore — full-fat, light/reduced-fat, Kewpie-style Japanese, vegan/egg-free, flavoured, and squeezy jars/tubes, each as a separate row per brand/variant. It does not cover salad dressing (its own page, category 87 — mayonnaise-based dressings may be noted as out of scope), ketchup (its own page, category 85), or sandwich spreads that are not mayonnaise. This page does not give a health score or a "best" pick, and it shows no prices.
| Product | Type | First ingredient | Egg? | Pack size (as printed) | Country of manufacture (as printed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Foods Real Mayonnaise — 3L tub | Full-fat | Soybean oil | Yes — eggs | 3L tub | Philippines |
| Kewpie Mayonnaise — 310ml tube | Full-fat, Japanese-style | Vegetable oil (SG list) / Soybean oil 77.5% (Thai spec) | Yes — egg yolk only | 310ml tube | Thailand |
| Hellmann's Real Mayonnaise — US-list reference | Full-fat | Soybean oil | Yes — whole eggs + egg yolks | not stated | not stated |
| Heinz Mayonnaise 395g — UK-list reference | Full-fat | Rapeseed oil (68%) | Yes — egg yolk 5% | 395g | not stated |
| Lady's Choice Real Mayonnaise 470ml — Philippines-list reference | Full-fat | Non-hydrogenated soybean oil | Yes — eggs | 470ml | Philippines |
| Thomy Mayonnaise — German-list reference | Full-fat | Sunflower oil 82% | Yes — egg yolk 8% | not stated | not stated |
| Hellmann's Vegan Mayo — UK-list reference | Vegan / egg-free | Rapeseed oil 72% | No — egg-free | not stated | not stated |
Panelled with verbatim lists: 7 products — 2 with a Singapore-sourced list (Best Foods Real, Kewpie) and 5 flagged overseas-list reference panels whose Singapore sale was not verified in this pass (Hellmann's Real US, Heinz UK, Lady's Choice Philippines, Thomy Germany/Switzerland, Hellmann's Vegan UK). Seen-but-not-verified: see the list below.
Prices are deliberately not shown here: they change weekly and would go stale. This site compares ingredients only.
Pack size: 3L tub · Made in: Philippines (as printed)
Ingredients (Open Food Facts Singapore, barcode 9556024001475): Soybean Oil, Eggs, Sugar, Vinegar, iodized Salt, Acidity Regulator (E270), Edible Gum, Preservative (E211), Flavouring (Contains Mustard), Calcium Disodium EDTA. May contain traces of cereals containing gluten, soy, fish, milk and celery.
The Singapore Open Food Facts entry is the only full Singapore-sourced full-fat Western mayonnaise list retrieved in this pass. Note what is different from US Hellmann's Real: sugar is third (before vinegar), there is no water and no lemon juice, and the additives are lactic acid (E270), an unnamed edible gum, sodium benzoate (E211) and a mustard-containing flavouring. Best Foods is the name Hellmann's is sold under in Singapore and elsewhere west of the Rocky Mountains; the two names do not mean the same recipe. The 3L tub is a foodservice-size pack — the retail jar sold in Singapore supermarkets is a different pack size, and its list still needs a pack photo to confirm it matches this tub. Full-fat Sugar 3rd No water, no lemon juice Allergens: egg, mustard, soy Traces: gluten, fish, milk, celery
Pack size: 310ml tube · Made in: Thailand (as printed)
Ingredients — Singapore list, as quoted by The Gluten Guide ("Singaporean Kewpie"): Vegetable Oil (Rapeseed Oil, Soybean Oil), Egg Yolk (Egg Yolk, Salt, Vegetable Oil), Vinegar (Alcohol, Apple Juice, Corn, Sugars (Glucose, Sugar), Barley Malt, Sake Lees), Water, Salt, Yellow Mustard, Seasoning (Amino Acid – Monosodium L-Glutamate), Spice Extract (Mustard).
Ingredients — Thai manufacturer specification for Kewpie Mayonnaise 12x310ml, country of origin Thailand (Deruytter / AEF spec sheet, 29 Nov 2016): SOYBEAN OIL 77.5%, EGG YOLKS 9.5%, DISTILLED VINEGAR 9.4%, SALT 1.6%, WATER 1.0%, RICE VINEGAR 1.0%, Flavour enhancer: MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE (E621) <1%, MUSTARD POWDER <1%, PRESERVATIVE: CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (E385) <1%. Halal: Yes. Gluten free: No (the spec sheet marks gluten as present).
Sold at FairPrice Singapore as a 310ml tube (FairPrice promotion, 18–24 Sept 2025, at all FairPrice outlets islandwide; also sold at Giant). Conflict, stated not resolved: the Singapore list and the Thai spec do not agree. The Singapore list has rapeseed oil first in a blended vegetable oil, egg yolk as a salted yolk preparation, and a compound vinegar listing barley malt and sake lees, with yellow mustard and a mustard spice extract, and no separate water-first or rice-vinegar item. The Thai spec has soybean oil only at 77.5%, egg yolks 9.5%, distilled vinegar 9.4% and rice vinegar 1.0%, with mustard powder and calcium disodium EDTA, and no rapeseed oil, no barley malt and no sake lees. A third list, the Australian Open Food Facts entry for Thai-made Kewpie (barcode 8852511011448), agrees with the Thai spec in outline — soybean oil, egg yolk (9.5%), distilled vinegar, salt, rice vinegar, water, flavour enhancer (monosodium glutamate), spices (contain mustard), antioxidant (385) — and a fourth, the US Open Food Facts list, is different again (soybean oil, egg yolks, water, distilled vinegar, salt, sugar, mustard flour, red wine vinegar, rice vinegar, yeast extract, natural flavors). The Singapore 310ml tube still needs a pack photo to settle which of these is its list. Do not treat the Japanese domestic list (vegetable oil (canola oil, soybean oil), egg yolk, vinegar (malt vinegar, apple cider vinegar), salt, monosodium glutamate, spice, natural flavor) as the Singapore pack either. Japanese-style Egg yolk only MSG (E621) Allergens: egg, mustard, soy SG vs Thai lists conflict — see text
Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)
Ingredients (US list, Open Food Facts barcode 0048001016965, corroborated by Hellmann's US / Publix): SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, WHOLE EGGS, DISTILLED VINEGAR, EGG YOLKS, SALT, SUGAR, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (USED TO PROTECT QUALITY), NATURAL FLAVORS.
Panelled as a reference only: this is the US Hellmann's Real list, but no Singapore retail listing for Hellmann's-branded Real Mayonnaise was confirmed in this pass — in Singapore the brand is sold as Best Foods, whose Singapore list is panelled above and differs. Do not present this US list as the Singapore jar. Contains egg and soy. Full-fat US list only Whole eggs + yolks Allergens: egg, soy
Pack size: 395g · Made in: not stated (as printed)
Ingredients (UK list, Open Food Facts barcode 5900783008222, corroborated by Heinz UK / Pioneer Foodservice): Rapeseed Oil (68%), Water, Pasteurised Free Range Egg Yolk (5%), Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Starch, Salt, Mustard Seeds, Spices, Antioxidant (Calcium Disodium EDTA).
Panelled as a reference only: the UK 395g list. Heinz mayonnaise has been sold in Singapore — the Warehouse Club (FairPrice) has sold a Heinz Mayonnaise 3kg bucket — but no current Singapore listing for the 395g pack was confirmed in this pass, and the Australian Heinz list is different again (canola oil, white vinegar, free range eggs 9%, sugar, salt, mustard, stabilisers (412, 415), antioxidants (307b, 385)). The SG pack still needs a pack photo. Contains egg and mustard. Full-fat UK list only Rapeseed oil 68%, yolk 5% Allergens: egg, mustard
Pack size: 470ml · Made in: Philippines (as printed)
Ingredients (Open Food Facts, barcode 4800888602305, origin Philippines, Halal): NON-HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, EGGS, SUGAR, VINEGAR, IODIZED SALT, FOOD ACIDS (LACTIC ACID, CITRIC ACID), STABILIZER (PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE), SPICES, PRESERVATIVE (POTASSIUM SORBATE), ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, COLOR (BETA-CAROTENE). CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA ADDED TO PROTECT FLAVOR. ALLERGEN INFORMATION: CONTAINS EGGS, MILK.
Panelled as a reference only: the Philippines-made Lady's Choice list (the Open Food Facts entry lists countries where sold as France, which is a database artefact, not a Singapore sale claim). No Singapore listing for Lady's Choice Real Mayonnaise was confirmed in this pass. Note the list as retrieved includes recipe text pasted after the allergen line on the Open Food Facts page ("Lady's Choice Macaroni Salad…") — that trailing text is not part of the ingredient list and is not quoted above. The Open Food Facts nutrition for this barcode (105 kcal, 11 g fat per 100 g) is inconsistent with an oil-first full-fat list and is not tabled — see the nutrition section. Contains egg and milk. Full-fat Philippines list only Sugar 4th Allergens: egg, milk
Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)
Ingredients (German list, Open Food Facts barcode 04731373): 82% Sonnenblumenöl [sunflower oil], 8% EIGELB [egg yolk], Branntweinessig [spirit vinegar], SENFKÖRNER [mustard seeds], Gewürze (Kurkuma, Koriander, Paprika, Piment) [spices (turmeric, coriander, paprika, allspice)], Jodsalz [iodised salt], Zucker [sugar].
Panelled as a reference only: the German Thomy list. The Swiss Thomy list is similar but not identical (sunflower oil 80%, table vinegar, egg yolk 5% free-range, mustard 1.4%, iodised salt, sugar). No Singapore listing for Thomy mayonnaise was confirmed in this pass. Thomy is the shortest list panelled here — seven items, no stabiliser, no preservative, no EDTA — but that is the German/Swiss list, not a verified Singapore pack. Contains egg and mustard. Full-fat German list only Sunflower oil 82%, yolk 8% Allergens: egg, mustard
Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)
Ingredients (UK list, Open Food Facts, Tesco UK): Rapeseed oil 72%, water, spirit vinegar, sugar, salt, modified starches (starch sodium octenyl succinate, hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate), natural flavourings (contain MUSTARD), lemon juice concentrate, antioxidant (calcium disodium EDTA), paprika extract.
Panelled as a reference only: the UK Vegan Mayo list (a second UK listing, the 726g "100% Plant Based Mayo", is a different, lower-oil recipe — rapeseed oil 52%, water, spirit vinegar, modified starch, sugar, salt, natural flavourings (contain mustard), lemon juice concentrate, thickener (xanthan gum), antioxidant (calcium disodium EDTA), paprika extract, sunflower oil — and is not the list quoted here). No Singapore listing for Hellmann's Vegan Mayo was confirmed in this pass. No egg, no aquafaba, no soy protein: the egg is replaced by modified starches. Contains mustard (in the flavourings). Vegan / egg-free UK list only Rapeseed oil 72% Egg replaced by modified starches Allergen: mustard
No light or low-fat product is panelled yet. The pattern from overseas lists is consistent — light versions start with water, not oil (Hellmann's Mayonnaise Type Dressing, Canada: water, canola oil, modified corn and potato starch, sugar, vinegar, salt, liquid whole egg, liquid egg yolk…; Kraft Light Mayo, US: water, soybean oil, modified food starch, sugar, maltodextrin, vinegar…) — but no Singapore light mayonnaise list was retrievable in this pass. Best Foods Light / Low Fat, Hellmann's Light, Heinz Incredibly Light and Thomy 25% Fett are all in seen-but-not-verified below, each needing its own verified list before panelling. Do not copy a full-fat list onto a light variant of the same brand.
No flavoured product is panelled yet. Kewpie Chilli Mayo Spread is sold at FairPrice Singapore (bundle of 2, 310g) — its FairPrice page gives a short description only ("With the combination of Chilli and Mayo, this spicy and creamy table sauce…") and no ingredient section was retrieved, so it is in seen-but-not-verified below. Hellmann's Vegan Garlic Mayo (UK list: rapeseed oil 72%, water, spirit vinegar, garlic 4.4%, sugar, salt, modified corn starch, lemon juice concentrate, natural flavouring, antioxidant (calcium disodium EDTA)) was retrieved as a UK list only, with no Singapore sale confirmed, so it is not panelled as an SG product. No garlic, truffle or other flavoured mayonnaise, and no sandwich spread, had a retrievable Singapore verbatim list in this pass.
All figures in the table are per 100 g, as sold, except where the basis column says otherwise. Sodium is shown as printed where the source printed sodium; where the source printed salt only, sodium is derived as salt ÷ 2.5 and flagged as derived, and the salt equivalent (salt = sodium × 2.5) is shown in brackets. No official Singapore Nutri-Grade was found printed on any of these mayonnaise listings in this pass, so none is quoted here; no grade has been assigned. (Nutri-Grade is a drinks grading scheme and does not apply to mayonnaise in any case.)
Open Food Facts is a community database and is flagged as secondary where used: the pack and the retailer nutrition section take precedence if they disagree. Figures marked "not stated" were not in the source retrieved; they are not estimated, borrowed from another variant, or copied across flavours. Two Open Food Facts entries record protein as 0 g for egg-containing mayonnaise (US Hellmann's Real, US Kewpie) — that is implausible for an egg product and is treated here as missing, not as a true zero. The Lady's Choice Real Mayonnaise Open Food Facts nutrition (105 kcal, 11 g fat per 100 g) is inconsistent with its oil-first full-fat ingredient list and is not tabled; it needs a pack check.
| Product | Basis | Energy | Protein | Total fat | Saturated fat | Carbohydrate | Sugars | Sodium (salt equiv.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Foods Real Mayonnaise — 3L tub | Per 100 g — Open Food Facts Singapore, secondary | 650 kcal (2,719 kJ) | 0.9 g | 69.4 g | 11.6 g | 5.4 g | 5 g | 750 mg (salt 1.88 g) |
| Kewpie Mayonnaise — 310ml tube | Per 100 g — Thai manufacturer spec (Deruytter/AEF, 2016), secondary | 700 kcal (2,930 kJ) | 1.6 g | 76.2 g | 11.9 g | 4.7 g | 0 g | 680 mg, derived from printed salt 1.7 g (salt 1.7 g) |
| Hellmann's Real Mayonnaise — US-list reference | Per 100 g — Open Food Facts (US), secondary | 692 kcal (2,900 kJ) | not stated (OFF records 0 g — implausible, treated as missing) | 76.9 g | 11.5 g | 0 g | not stated | 692 mg, derived from printed salt 1.73 g (salt 1.73 g) |
| Heinz Mayonnaise 395g — UK-list reference | Per 100 g — Open Food Facts (UK), secondary | 644 kcal (2,694 kJ) | 0.8 g | 70 g | 5.3 g | 3 g | 1.5 g | 393 mg, derived from printed salt 0.98 g (salt 0.98 g) |
| Kewpie Half Calorie Mayonnaise 210g — nutrition only, no ingredient list | Per 100 g — Open Food Facts, secondary; SG sale not verified | 333 kcal (about 1,360 kJ) | 2.7 g | 34 g | 3 g | 3.3 g | 2.5 g | 1,000 mg (salt 2.5 g) |
Observed numbers, no verdict: among the full-fat rows, Kewpie (Thai spec) lists the highest energy and fat per 100 g (700 kcal, 76.2 g fat), against 650 kcal / 69.4 g for Best Foods Real (Singapore) and 644 kcal / 70 g for Heinz (UK). Heinz lists the lowest saturated fat of the full-fat rows (5.3 g, against 11.5–11.9 g for Hellmann's and Kewpie) and the lowest salt (0.98 g, against 1.73–1.88 g). Best Foods Real lists 5 g sugars per 100 g, against 1.5 g for Heinz and 0 g for Kewpie (Thai spec) — but the Kewpie Singapore list has no free sugar item while the US Kewpie list does, so the 0 g figure belongs to the Thai spec, not necessarily to the Singapore tube. Kewpie Half Calorie lists about half the energy and fat of full-fat Kewpie (333 kcal, 34 g fat) but the highest salt in the table (2.5 g). No per-100 g nutrition figure was verified in this pass for Lady's Choice Real, Thomy, or Hellmann's Vegan Mayo, so their rows are absent rather than estimated.
Seen but not verified (nutrition): no per-100 g nutrition panel was verified in this pass for Lady's Choice Real Mayonnaise 470ml (its Open Food Facts figures are inconsistent with its list — see above), Thomy Mayonnaise, Hellmann's Vegan Mayo, Kewpie Chilli Mayo Spread, any Best Foods / Hellmann's / Heinz light or low-fat variant, Maggi, Life, FairPrice house brand, Meadows, Giant house brand, Coles Organic Whole Egg Mayonnaise, Kraft, Sir Kensington's, Chosen Foods, Duke's, Blue Plate, or any Donki / Meidi-Ya / Mustafa / Sheng Siong / Le Petit Depot / Little Farms / RedMart / Lazada / Shopee mayonnaise. Their ingredient panels are unchanged; their nutrition figures are not estimated here.
Checked 5–6 November 2026 from: Open Food Facts Singapore (Best Foods Real Mayonnaise 3L tub, barcode 9556024001475); The Gluten Guide, "Is Kewpie Mayo Gluten Free?" (Singapore Kewpie list, plus Japanese / US / European / Thai / Malaysian / Indonesian / Vietnamese lists); Deruytter / AEF manufacturer specification sheet for Kewpie Mayonnaise 12x310ml, Thailand (29 Nov 2016); Open Food Facts (Hellmann's Real US barcode 0048001016965; Heinz UK barcode 5900783008222; Lady's Choice Philippines barcode 4800888602305; Thomy Germany barcode 04731373; Hellmann's Vegan Mayo UK; Kewpie Half Calorie barcode 4901577031090; Kewpie US barcode 0033357051012; Kewpie Australia/Thai barcode 8852511011448; Kraft Light Mayo US; Heinz Incredibly Light); FairPrice Singapore (Kewpie Mayonnaise 310ml promotion via Lemon8, 18–24 Sept 2025; Kewpie Chilli Mayo Spread bundle listing, omni.fairprice.com.sg — description only, no ingredient section); Heinz / Pioneer Foodservice UK and Hellmann's US / Publix corroborating the Heinz and Hellmann's lists; Ocado UK for Hellmann's Light; a FairPrice Country Fair write-up for Coles Organic Whole Egg Mayonnaise; the Warehouse Club write-up for the Heinz 3kg bucket. Web search only — no in-store shelf check and no pack photos in this pass. Cold Storage publishes no ingredient list on any product page, so its shelf is inventoried from listings only. Full per-fact source list is in the accompanying research notes. Nutrition section added 5–6 November 2026: figures are standardised to per 100 g where the source gives per-100 figures; per-serving-only figures are labelled as such and are not converted; sugars are total sugars as printed, not added sugars, unless the source states added sugars; salt = sodium × 2.5. Where a full pack list could not be verified, the product is in seen-but-not-verified instead of being panelled. No search in this pass returned a rate-limit (429) error.