--- title: Mayonnaise Ice Cream Incites Plenty of Disgust description: The Internet is utterly grossed out by the prospect of mayonnaise-flavored ice cream and has taken to social media to share their outrage. canonical: https://time.com/5350421/mayonnaise-ice-cream/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-26T19:23:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:03.282Z og:title: Internet Is Disgusted With Mayonnaise Flavored Ice Cream og:description: Would you try this? og:url: https://time.com/5350421/mayonnaise-ice-cream/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8264b586aa4f543/6989366bdb29873249260463/mayonnaise-ice-cream-internet-twitter-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Vanilla Ice Cream og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Internet Is Disgusted With Mayonnaise Flavored Ice Cream twitter:description: Would you try this? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8264b586aa4f543/6989366bdb29873249260463/mayonnaise-ice-cream-internet-twitter-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # People Have Reacted Accordingly to Mayonnaise-Flavored Ice Cream's Debut > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 26, 2018 7:23 PM UTC  Vanilla ice cream in a bowl with a spoon on a wooden board Vanilla ice cream in a bowl with a spoon on a wooden board ac\_bnphotos—Getty Images/iStockphoto  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 26, 2018 7:23 PM UTC The Internet functions as a veritable [breeding grounds for food debates](http://time.com/5065852/star-wars-last-jedi-reviews/), few of which was have been more heated than the disdain people had for a new mayonnaise-flavored [ice cream. ](http://time.com/5265714/pork-ice-cream/) The debacle began when a Scottish ice cream parlor debuted the condiment-flavored sweet treat on their Instagram along with the caption, “Who knows a mayo addict?” According to a [_Today_](https://www.today.com/food/twitter-debates-whether-mayonnaise-ice-cream-wrong-t133882)interview with Kyle Gentleman_,_ the owner of the Falkirk, Scotland -based ice cream parlor ICE that came up with the idea for this mayonnaise flavor, the ice cream is a “full on hit of fat and cream followed with an eggy milky aftertaste.” As might be expected, the Internet had many strong feelings about this mayonnaise-flavored offering and took to social media to share them. > [](https://twitter.com/desusnice/status/1022217163149639680) > [](https://twitter.com/deray/status/1022517780585869313) > [](https://twitter.com/Dani1Time/status/1022236702591447040) > [](https://twitter.com/GarcelleB/status/1022562248089264128) > [](https://twitter.com/rickhogaboam/status/1022558016183263237) > [](https://twitter.com/1LLSMITH/status/1022536526276829184) > [](https://twitter.com/trshauddd/status/1022368762396397568) However, this may have been the most memorable Twitter response to the controversy. > [](https://twitter.com/MiracleWhip/status/1022113918116917248) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5350421/mayonnaise-ice-cream/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5350421/mayonnaise-ice-cream/"},"headline":"People Have Reacted Accordingly to Mayonnaise-Flavored Ice Cream's Debut","datePublished":"2018-07-26T19:23:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:03.282Z","description":"Would you try this?","url":"https://time.com/5350421/mayonnaise-ice-cream/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8264b586aa4f543/6989366bdb29873249260463/mayonnaise-ice-cream-internet-twitter-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8264b586aa4f543/6989366bdb29873249260463/mayonnaise-ice-cream-internet-twitter-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Vanilla Ice Cream","caption":"Vanilla Ice Cream","creditText":"ac_bnphotos—Getty Images/iStockphoto","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5350421/mayonnaise-ice-cream/","name":"People Have Reacted Accordingly to Mayonnaise-Flavored Ice Cream's Debut"}}]}] ```