While Hellmann's Mayonnaise thrived on the U.S. East Coast, selling $15 million a year by 1927 with $1 million in profits, the California company Postum Foods (later Best Foods) introduced their own mayonnaise, Best Foods Mayonnaise, which became popular on the West Coast, and was operating a major plant in San ...

More specifically, Best Foods and Hellmann's are brand names for the very same line of mayonnaise products. They've simply retained separate branding since 1932, when Best Foods Inc. of California purchased Richard Hellmann Inc. of New York, according to Unilever.

The world's most iconic mayonnaise brand coined two of its most known taglines in 1987 that continue to live on today. “Bring out the Hellmann's” and “Bring out the best.”

Originally, Best Foods and Hellman's were two different companies that made identical mayonnaises. Then they merged into one company but they kept the two separate names and where the brand that was known was Best Foods, it still is and vice versa. Unilever owns them now though.

The List: Best Mayonnaise, According to Experts

• Hellmann's Real Mayonnaise. This classic brand of mayonnaise continues to be a top-choice, and a kitchen staple.
• Duke's Real Mayonnaise. Do you desire a tangier mayo?
• Kewpie Mayonnaise.
• Sir Kensington's Classic Mayonnaise.
• Primal Kitchen Real Mayonnaise.

Hellmann's From Richard Hellmann's New York deli to tables around the world, Hellmann's is the World's No. 1 Mayonnaise Brand*.

In 2000, Best Foods was bought by consumer goods conglomerate Unilever for $20.3 billion. To this day, the two brands operate separately. Hellmann's Mayonnaise is sold east of the Rockies and Best Foods Mayonnaise is sold west.

1. Hellmann's Real Mayonnaise. This classic brand of mayonnaise continues to be a top-choice, and a kitchen staple.

In 2000, Best Foods was bought by consumer goods conglomerate Unilever for $20.3 billion. To this day, the two brands operate separately. Hellmann's Mayonnaise is sold east of the Rockies and Best Foods Mayonnaise is sold west.

It is a terrific carrier of flavour and texture. Tartar Sauce is basically mayonnaise with chopped gherkins, onions, etc. Aioli, the great garlic sauce of Southern Europe, is essentially a garlic mayonnaise. In the West, chefs have long added flavours to mayonnaise (mustard, tarragon etc.)

We need eggs and soybeans to make mayo. But, both ingredients faced some price increases themselves (eggs cost about $4 and up for a dozen, and soybeans cost about $15 per bushel). The rising cost of both led to a sharp 18% price increase for mayo since 2021, according to the Consumer Price Index.

Hellmann's From Richard Hellmann's New York deli to tables around the world, Hellmann's is the World's No. 1 Mayonnaise Brand*.