Love it or hate it, Miracle Whip is sweetened mayo. That’s all it is.
Put me on the hate side of it.
I did an unofficial survey once on one of these Mayo threads.
It seems for the most part people liked what they grew up.
Our house was Miracle Whip. I don’t like Mayo.
Not quite.
Both mayonnaise and salad dressing (i.e., Miracle Whip) have a standard-of-identity
To be called mayonnnaise, the product must have no less than 65% vegetable oil by weight, while salad dressing must have no less than 30% vegetable oil by weight. Starch makes up the weight difference in salad dressing.
Both also must contain vinegar (min 2 1/2% by weight for mayo) and egg yolk solids (min. 4% by weight for salad dressing).
Product preference varies widely from market-to-market -- dependent upon whether Mr. Kraft's or Mr. Hellman's horse drawn wagons were the first to establish distribution in the area.