Seed Oil Free Mayo: 8 Picks From 1,205 Labels

The Berry teamPublished November 10, 20265 min read

More than 9 in 10 US mayos are made with seed oil, usually soybean oil, so finding a jar without one means reading the label. The ones that skip seed oils are made with avocado oil or olive oil, and most come from a few brands. Below are the mayos we confirmed have none, the “olive oil” and “avocado oil” jars that still list seed oils, and how to check any jar yourself.

We count the eight oils usually called seed oils: canola (rapeseed), soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, rice bran, safflower and sunflower. Avocado, olive and coconut oil don’t count, and neither do eggs or mustard seed.

Mayo without seed oils

We read each mayo’s current label on the brand’s website on November 10, 2026.

Avocado oil mayo

Primal Kitchen Mayo with Avocado Oil package

Sir Kensington’s is a brand to read closely. Its avocado oil mayo has no seed oil, but its Classic Mayonnaise and Classic Vegan Mayo list sunflower oil.

Olive oil mayo

Olive pomace oil is pressed from what is left of the olives after the first pressing. Graza’s Garlic Aioli is also made with olive oil and extra virgin olive oil.

Vegan mayo

Flavored mayo

Primal Kitchen Chipotle Lime Mayo package — Jar photos on this page from Open Food Facts contributors under CC BY-SA 3.0, with backgrounds removed by Berry and shared under the same license.

Photos can show an older jar than the label we checked.

Mayo that lists a seed oil

These common mayos list a seed oil on their current label. Four of them are sold as olive oil or avocado oil mayo. Hellmann’s site shows no ingredient lists, so its labels come from grocery store listings.

Does olive oil mayo have seed oils?

Usually, yes. All 49 labels we found with olive oil in the product name, from Hellmann’s, Best Foods, Kraft, Blue Plate, Spectrum and store brands, also list soybean or canola oil. On 37 of them the seed oil comes before the olive oil. Older Hellmann’s olive oil labels list soybean oil before olive oil; the current label lists olive oil, then canola and soybean oil.

Avocado oil mayo is split. Of the 33 labels with avocado oil in the name, 15 list a seed oil, mostly jars sold as “with avocado oil” or “avocado oil mayonnaise dressing” by Hellmann’s, Best Foods and Kraft. The other 18, from brands like Chosen Foods, Primal Kitchen and Sir Kensington’s, list avocado oil and no seed oil.

What 1,205 mayo labels show

Mayo without seed oil is mostly avocado oil mayo: 55 of the 75 labels without one list avocado oil. Eight more are calorie-free spreads with no oil at all. Soybean oil is on 865 of the 1,205 labels (71.8%), and canola oil on 248 (20.6%).

These labels were collected over several years, so they show what mayo labels have said, not what any one store stocks this week.

Brand by brand

Most brands are all one way or the other. We counted every label we found for each brand, across sizes, flavors and older versions, so pick a jar from the checked mayos above rather than from the brand counts.

How to check a mayo label

Kraft Mayo with Olive Oil Reduced Fat Mayonnaise

Ingredients

Water, olive oil, canola oil, soybean oil, vinegar, modified food starch*, eggs, sugar, contains less than 2% of egg yolk, salt, mustard flour, phosphoric acid*, oleoresin paprika* (color), beta carotene* (color), potassium sorbate* and calcium disodium EDTA (to protect flavor). *Ingredient not normally found in mayonnaise.

Red a seed oil
Dotted sounds like one, but isn't counted

Ingredients as listed on Kraft Heinz, checked November 10, 2026.

Read the oils at the start of the list. Mayonnaise is mostly oil: US rules require at least 65% vegetable oil by weight. Ingredients are listed from most to least, so the first oil is the main one.
Don’t stop at the front of the jar. “With olive oil” or “made with avocado oil” means the jar has some. Kraft’s olive oil mayo above lists canola and soybean oil right after the olive oil.
Light and “dressing” jars are a different recipe. They list water first and add starch, which Kraft marks as an ingredient “not normally found in mayonnaise.” Every light or reduced-fat mayo label we found lists a seed oil.
Vegan doesn’t mean seed-oil free. Original Vegenaise lists canola and safflower oils, and Sir Kensington’s Classic Vegan Mayo lists sunflower oil.
Read “and/or” as all of them. A label reading “vegetable oil (soybean and/or canola)” can contain any of the oils listed.

Spot seed oils in one scan

Spotting seed oils on a mayo label takes time, especially when the front says olive oil. When you scan a jar, the Berry app does it for you and marks the ingredients you avoid, seed oils included. You can also compare two jars side by side, or photograph the label if a mayo isn’t on file yet. Recipes change, so for a strict avoid, the jar in your hand has the final say.

We counted bread labels the same way: bread without seed oils, brand by brand.

Common questions

Does Hellmann’s mayo have seed oils?

Yes. Hellmann’s Real Mayonnaise lists soybean oil first, and the olive oil and avocado oil dressings list soybean and canola oil after the named oil. The Best Foods labels we found list the same oils.

Does Duke’s mayo have seed oils?

Yes. Duke’s Real Mayonnaise lists soybean oil first. Duke’s Light Mayonnaise with Olive Oil lists olive oil, then canola and soybean oil.

Does Kewpie mayo have seed oils?

Yes. The Kewpie made in the USA lists soybean oil first, and the bottle made in Japan lists vegetable oil (canola oil, soybean oil).

Does Chosen Foods mayo have seed oils?

Not in the current jars. Chosen Foods Classic and Vegan Mayo list avocado oil and no seed oil. Of the 23 Chosen Foods labels we found, 22 have no seed oil; one Classic label lists a blend that includes high-oleic safflower oil.

Is Primal Kitchen mayo made with 100% avocado oil?

Avocado oil is the only oil on the Mayo with Avocado Oil label, and on the Chipotle Lime Mayo. None of the 17 Primal Kitchen mayo labels we found lists a seed oil.

Is avocado oil a seed oil?

No. Avocado oil isn’t one of the eight oils the American Heart Association names as the ones people call seed oils. A jar called avocado oil mayo can still list soybean or canola oil, so check the rest of the list.

Does Miracle Whip have seed oils?

Yes. Miracle Whip is a dressing rather than mayonnaise, and the original lists water, then soybean oil. We left it out of the mayo counts.

How we checked the labels

Label counts. On November 10, 2026 we took every US label with an English ingredient list in the product data the Berry app uses, which includes data from USDA FoodData Central and Open Food Facts (Open Database License), whose name says mayo, mayonnaise, aioli or Vegenaise: regular, light, flavored, vegan and egg-free. That gave 1,205 labels.
How we found seed oils. We searched each ingredient list for the eight oils above in every form we saw on labels, including “oil blend (canola, soybean, olive oils)”, “and/or” lists, misspellings and Spanish oil names on imported jars.
What the counts can and cannot say. The labels span several years and include older recipes. They describe what mayo labels have said, not what any one store stocks today.