Hampton Creek Foods Just Mayo, Eat The Dough and Chipotle Mayo. Photo via Vegansaurus!
I’m told that back in the day, we plant eaters had to make our own veggie burgers and milk our own nut milks. Now, if we want to make our own veggie burgers and strain soaked almonds through our nut milk bags, so be it–but we have choices. These choices allow us to be lazy vegans if we want to, but they also allow for people with tons of expertise (aka food scientists or professional chefs) to develop and refine ingredient combinations that the average vegan just doesn’t have time for.
Of course I think it’s wonderful to enjoy a whole foods, plant-based diet, but I think it’s a huge step in the right direction that we vegans can be lazy if we so choose, and are able to pick up packaged vegan foods as easily as omnivores. In the past, vegans wanting legit-tasting, cruelty-free mayo had to enjoy Veganaise (which isn’t bad, but isn’t great either) or make their own from scratch. Now, we have Just Mayo by Hampton Creek Foods, which offers a superior-tasting vegan mayonnaise that really behaves like it should–thick, creamy, slightly tangy and easily spreadable. Hampton Creek Foods’ team of very talented food chefs and scientists were no doubt involved in its creation! Learn more about the development process on Our Hen House’s podcast featuring Hampton Creek Foods CEO Josh Tetrick.
Silver Hills Bakery gluten-free vegan bread and Just Mayo: A perfect sandwich combination.
I tried Hampton Creek Foods mayo on Silver Hills gluten-free vegan sandwich bread. It went so well with the avocado, tempeh and tomato fillings! I also love that Hampton Creek Foods is getting national attention. You can check out just a bit of the press they’re getting here, here and here. Oh, and did I mention Bill Gates is one of their investors? You KNOW this company is going places. Perhaps what I love the most about Hampton Creek Foods products is that their target demographic actually isn’t us vegans–it’s omnivores, and their smart marketing campaigns use verbiage that make it very easy to see a new possibility for the millions of chickens who are abused, enslaved, and lose their lives in order to create mayonnaise for someone. This is a very promising path to the future, indeed.
Hampton Creek Foods also sent their Chipotle Mayo (which was not my bag but I could see others loving it) and their “Eat The Dough” gluten-free vegan cookie dough. Absolutely awesome cookie dough, I can’t wait to grab some in stores at some point.
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WHAT?! I love Vegenaise, even loved it in my omni days! 🙂
I can’t wait to try Hampton Creek! I’ve heard great things (from you and Megan Rascal) and last night I met a woman who said it has the perfect amount of tang. Just like you said! ALRIGHT IT’S OFFICIAL, I GOTTA TRY IT.
Did you ever have the Badass Breakfast sandwich from Locali? They put chipotle mayo on it, and I was not sure it was my bag either, but it turns out it is!
Love this review, Sarah!
Hey thanks Jenny! 🙂 I’d love to know what a gourmand such as yourself thinks of it! And perhaps we can eat sammiches together sometime!
I’m excited to try this stuff, but I keep wondering how it could possibly be better than Vegenaise! I eat that stuff with a spoon from the jar (don’t judge!). But everyone says Hampton Creek has nailed it. So….I can’t wait to try!
Aw yeah!!
Just saw a video about this stuff the other day, so excited to give it a try 🙂
Heard about these fantastic products via Our Hen House, and have been hankering to get my paws on that cookie dough ever since. Thanks for a great review, Sarah! Also, is this your favorite GF bread? I’m trying to find a good brand but am nervous about the trial and error process. If you could recommend one to me, that would be great!
Yep, it’s my fave 🙂
I’m not vegan but I happened to be at Whole Foods while they were serving a sample of this on bread with cucumbers. I was blown away. This was sooooo good I thought about it for days afterwards! Creamy and light without that heavy lard mayo taste. Knowing that it’s vegan as well gluten and dairy free just makes it that more awesome! It will definitely be replacing my regular mayo and miracle whip! 🙂
one of the ingredients is “modified food starch”. is that good for your body?
It’s mayonnaise! Not exactly, um, green juice. That being said, I’m not sure whether modified food starch is unhealthful or not. For sure way better than animal products, though!