rpa34

ok, this may be hard to believe but OH is quite concerned that he won't get decent mayonnaise in OZ. Please tell me Hellmann's is available out there... please.???

or that you have found something equally as good.

sharkface

Nope its true, certainly where we were on the sunny coast the only mayo we could get tasted of salad cream, we had family bring it or even post it for christmas! Don't tell him, he might not move!!

rpa34

oh no, groan... I definitely won't be telling him otherwise our suitcases will be full of the stuff.

GinaUK

If you do a search on here, you'll find that this topic has been discussed MANY times.

The good news: Hellmann's mayo *is* available! It is sold in Oz under the label "Best Foods".

Gina

Jaycee1

Hi rpa34
Is there not an 'English' shop that it could be bought from??or internet shop??
Where abouts are you going??
You could get rellies to send a tray full by sea every 6 months...
J x

rpa34

off to Perth

rpa34

Never imagined others were so hooked on the stuff! Thanks Gina; will pass on the good news to OH when he returns from his all day session at the rugby at Twickers today.
cheers.

joho

I would be cautious about bringing in Mayo as they are very strict about items with high egg content. If you do risk it then make sure that you declare it, in fact every small item of food in triplicate. Then the least they will do is chuck it. I have been watching border security and believe me you dont want to be caught not declaring something.

Having said all that, I plan to take a rather large empty case over when we visit in Oct, for those 'essential' items and I will be taking a little risk on some of them, but will be declaring each and every one, in fact I may need to attach a A4 size list to my declaration.

Jo

iPom

You won't be able to bring in Mayo. I've tried and it didn't work. They confiscated it because it has egg in it (bird flu/bacteria etc risk). You can get Hellman's here, as mentioned under the 'Best Foods' label from Coles.
Do not risk bringing anything illegal in. If you do, they'll have you delayed for hours whilst they search every tiny bit of your luggage. I've seen it happen.

nmccallum

As Gina mentioned above, you can buy it here. However I have found only Safeway and smaller independent places sell it. Coles doesn't. Well that's what I've figured out anyway. Also, I have just found the 'light' one at a small green-grocers, usually only the normal one is available at Safeways.

No need to stress anymore!! Took me ages to find it and about 8 bottles of full so-called-'mayonnaise' being turfed out on a weekly basis!!!!

iPom

I think it depends on the Coles and where it is. I've found some that don't and some that do. My local one does so I bought 6 jars of it all at once.
The other 'whole egg' mayonaises we've tried have been very nice too so there is decent stuff around... just look for 'whole egg' on the label.

debilloyd

You can even get it posted to you, try this site

http://www.treatsfromhome.com.au/

TillyG

Thanks for that link - I've got about 4 of 5 BritShops saved in my internet faves but that wasn't one of them

Need to spread out my purchases of Cadburys choc so that they don't realise how much I eat of it lol

Candice"n"Darren

As an avid mayo fan myself I was horrified to taste every puke tasting mayo before I found one that came a second place to Hellmans. I use SW (not the light version though as thats poo too) and this is lovely, very much like hellmans and creamy and yummy too!!!

sparkley23

2 weeks in to my new life in Australia and I decided a trip to Coles in Toowong, Brisbane was necessary to assess the Hellman's alternatives that would be my new Mayonnaise. To my suprise and delight, Hellman's was readily on sale!! There was also the Best Foods one which on comparison, uses different ingredients to Hellmans so can't be exactly the same. $5 a jar though so is more expensive than the others but WELL worth it!