5 min Japanese Mayonnaise Recipe (Kewpie Style Mayo) (2024)

FAQs

How to make regular mayo into Kewpie mayo? ›

Add sugar and rice vinegar in a pinch to make Kewpie mayo with regular mayo. It will not be the same as it lacks the rich egg yolk flavors, but this is the closest substitution. For 1 cup of American mayonnaise (I use Best Foods/Hellmann's Mayonnaise), add 2 Tbsp rice vinegar and 1 Tbsp sugar.

Today, there are many different companies that make Japanese mayo; however, Kewpie remains the most popular. In fact, Kewpie's dominance in the Japanese mayo market is so great that the two terms are often used synonymously.

In short, you can use Kewpie mayo anywhere you'd use regular mayonnaise, to spread on sandwiches, to bind egg salad, chicken salad and potato salad, to make a filling for deviled eggs, as a base for creamy dips or for glossy marinades or dressings, particularly one destined for Caesar Salad.

The main ingredients of KEWPIE Mayonnaise are oil, egg, and vinegar. KEWPIE Mayonnaise is an "egg yolk type" mayonnaise, which contains egg yolk instead of whole egg. The secret of distinctively rich flavor is egg yolk.

Kewpie is made with egg yolks so it's richer.

For starters, Kewpie mayonnaise — which is made with egg yolks and not whole eggs — has a richer, more velvety texture than regular store-bought mayo. It is not surprising, since they use a high proportion of yolks, which give it an egg-forward flavor.

Both brands are high in fat per serving, 10 grams in one tablespoon, each with 1.5 grams of saturated fat. Each has 100 calories per tablespoon. If you are concerned with sugar in your food, Kewpie is the better option, as the Japanese product contains no sugar.

Product Info: Kewpie Dressings

Yes, we suggest refrigerating them after opening. When did Kewpie launch its award winning Deep Roasted Sesame Dressings & Marinade? In 2000, the flavorful, bold, and rich Deep Roasted Sesame Dressing & Marinade was launched and won an award in 2016.

The egginess is certainly stronger because of the yolk content, but it isn't overpowering. There's no added sugar, so it doesn't have that cloying sweetness of a Miracle Whip." Its flavor is described as more "assertive" than common American brands.

Much like American mayonnaise, Kewpie has a wide variety of uses, and there really isn't a wrong way to use it. In Japan, people love to eat it with sushi and as a companion to Japanese fried chicken (aka karaage). It's also a vital component in Japanese egg sandwiches—aka tamago sando.

KEWPIE Mayonnaise is packed in a bottle designed to shut the oxygen out. Oxidization of oil from exposure to oxygen is the enemy of great flavor. Kewpie Mayonnaise 500g (Product of Japan) comes in a bottle made of multi-layered plastic that's designed to keep oxygen out, keeping the flavor in.

Why do people love Kewpie mayo? ›

The Kewpie is smoother, and slightly yellower than standard-issue Hellman's. That's because the Japanese stuff only uses egg yolks — Hellman's adds some whole eggs to its mix — which means it's slightly looser and closer in look and feel to homemade mayo.

Kewpie is a Japanese brand of mayo that is essentially the Hellmann's of Asia.

Kewpie is a brand of mayonnaise made by the Kewpie corporation in Japan. It's made with rice vinegar rather than distilled vinegar. It also has a distinctive 'umami' taste because of the addition of Dashi stock to the recipe.

Kewpie Japanese Style Mayonnaise, 24 fl oz | Costco.

Ajinomoto's mayonnaise is made with quality ingredients and has the same creamy texture and taste as Kewpie, making it an excellent substitution for the popular mayo brand.

However, I do recommend the use of Japanese mayo, which is slightly sweeter and a little thinner than supermarket staples like Hellmann's, although if not eaten side-by-side, it can be tough to pinpoint the slight difference in flavor.