Well, in the interest of science, I just looked it up, and it turns out that mayonnaise has approx. twice as much fat as your standard cream cheese. Also, it’s obviously a different kind of fat because mayo is typically made with vegetable oil whereas cream cheese has milkfat instead.
Since this is a cheesecake after all, the filling likely has both in it — perhaps they just used mayo in place of the usual sweet or sour cream. Either way, the end result would likely still have a higher fat content than regular cheesecake (because even heavy whipping cream has no more fat in it than cream cheese).
Long story short, your initial reaction seems spot on and it’s precisely the same thought that also filled me with disgust when I first saw this.
Well, in the interest of science, I just looked it up, and it turns out that mayonnaise has approx. twice as much fat as your standard cream cheese. Also, it’s obviously a different kind of fat because mayo is typically made with vegetable oil whereas cream cheese has milkfat instead.
Since this is a cheesecake after all, the filling likely has both in it — perhaps they just used mayo in place of the usual sweet or sour cream. Either way, the end result would likely still have a higher fat content than regular cheesecake (because even heavy whipping cream has no more fat in it than cream cheese).
Long story short, your initial reaction seems spot on and it’s precisely the same thought that also filled me with disgust when I first saw this.