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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Have a question about Hellmann's? We've got answers! Check out our FAQs below for all you need to know, or feel free to send us a query.
Yes, because the eggs are pasteurised. Pasteurisation is a process of heat treatment intended to kill harmful food poisoning bacteria.
Yes – Hellmann’s Mayonnaise does contain Free Range Eggs. The Real Mayonnaise Jars contain Australian Free Range eggs
We use canola oil
We do not use RSPCA certification as we have all of the highest certifications required in the industry in terms of ESA etc.
See below for appropriate certificate and standards:
• Egg Standards Australia Level 3
• SQF/QMS – grading and manufacture
• AQIS – grading and manufacture
• The Australia Packaging Covenant
• FASANZ
• HACCP (Codex)
• Kosha and Halal – Grading and Manufacture
• Food Standard Code of Australia and NZ
Also our farm network is managed under the following codes:
• Egg Standards Australia Level 3
• National Salmonella Monitoring program
• Code of Practice for Shell Egg, Production, Grading, Packing and Distribution (Australian Egg Corporation Limited)
• Code of Practice for Biosecurity in the Commercial Egg Industry (Australian Egg Industry Corporation Limited)
• Model Code of Practice for the Welfare of Animals (Domestic Poultry)
• Egg Labelling Guidelines (Australian Egg Corporation Limited)
• Environmental Guidelines for the Australian Egg Industry (Australian Egg Corporation Limited).
Yes, Hellmann’s is the biggest Mayonnaise brand globally. Source: Euromonitor International Limited; Packaged Foods 2022 edition, retail value sales, Under the umbrella brand name classification (includes all Hellmann’s and Best Foods brand sales)
No, although made in the same factory Best Foods mayonnaise is not the same as Hellmann’s mayonnaise. The process and ingredient ratio is different in Hellmann’s vs Best Foods mayonnaise.
Yes – you can recycle both the bottle as well as the cap – just not the seal.
The Hellmann’s squeezy is made with 99% recycled plastic.