All dressed up ... fat-free & lite salad dressings.WATER, VINEGAR, FRUCTOSE fructose (frŭk`tōs), levulose (lĕv`yəlōs'), or fruit sugar, simple sugar found in honey and in the fruit and other parts of plants. SALT DEHYDRATED de·hy·dratev. de·hy·drat·ed, de·hy·drat·ing, de·hy·drates v.tr. 1. To remove water from; make anhydrous. 2. To preserve by removing water from (vegetables, for example). GARLIC, XANTHAN GUM xan·than gum n. A natural gum of high molecular weight produced by culture fermentation of glucose and used as a stabilizer in commercial food preparation. , DEHYDRATED RED BELL PEPPER DEHYDRATED ONION SPICES GARLIC POWDER, POTASSIUM SORBATE Potassium sorbate is a mild preservative. Its primary use is as a food preservative (E number 202). Its molecular formula is C6H7O2K and its systematic name is potassium (E,E)-hexa-2,4-dienoate. SODIUM BENZOATE sodium benzoate or benzoate of soda, chemical compound, C6H5CO2Na, colorless or white crystalline, aromatic compound; the sodium salt of benzoic acid. CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid A chelating agent for metallic ions, abbreviated EDTA. The structural formula is shown below. Tetrasodium EDTA is the most common form in commerce, but other forms exist. Tetrasodium EDTA is a white solid, very soluble in water and forming a basic solution. COLOR (YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6). To you it may look like a bunch of food bits and chemicals. But the food technologists at Estee know it fondly as Pat Pree [talian Dressing. Their Thousand Island is pretty much the same, give or take a little tomato paste, buttermilk buttermilk residual fluid after removal of fat from milk in butter manufacture; a protein-rich supplement fed to pigs. solids, and lactic acid lactic acid, CH3CHOHCO2H, a colorless liquid organic acid. It is miscible with water or ethanol. Lactic acid is a fermentation product of lactose (milk sugar); it is present in sour milk, koumiss, leban, yogurt, and cottage cheese. . Call it the Chemistry 101 approach to making fat-free or low-fat salad dressing. Call it lousy taste. if you're looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a low-fat or no-rat, lower-salt version of a traditional favorite like Italian, blue cheese, or Thousand Island, you're likely to end up with an unappetizing collection of sugars, flavors, co]ors, and stabilizers. And you're going to be disappointed. Only a couple of Prenches and Italians even managed to approach the flavor of real dressing. But if you're open to new tastes, there's a passe pas·sé adj. 1. No longer current or in fashion; out-of-date. 2. Past the prime; faded or aged. [French, past participle of passer, to pass, from Old French; see ] of noor low-fat dressings that are made with (hold on to your lettuce, folks) ordinary, lowtech food. Most are dynamite dynamite, explosive made from nitroglycerin and an inert, porous filler such as wood pulp, sawdust, kieselguhr, or some other absorbent material. The proportions vary in different kinds of dynamite; often ammonium nitrate or sodium nitrate is added. combinations of fruit-flavored or wine vinegars Noun 1. wine vinegar - vinegar made from wine vinegar, acetum - sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative , tangy citrus juices, and fresh herbs. DRESSED TO KILL Hey. What's the big fuss? It's just salad dressing. So what if I use regular? A little bit won't kill me. Two tablespoons of most regular dressings contain anywhere from 11 grams (Thousand Island) to 16 grams (blue cheese) of fat. That's about a fifth of your daily fat allowance (the "Daily Value" that appears on all new food labels). If that doesn't impress you, consider this: the average 19to 50-year-old woman gets more of her fat from salad dressing than from any other single food. 'Nuf said? To cut the grease, ignore any dressing with more than three grams of fat in a twotablespoon serving. (Old labels use one tablespoon--watch out.) You can forget the "lites" and "reduced calories," too. Those claims just mean that the dressing has at least a third fewer calories or a third less fat than the regular version. That's a step in the right direction, but it doesn't mean they're low in fat or calories. Ken's Steak House steak house or steak·house n. A restaurant that specializes in beefsteak dishes. Lite Honey Mustard dressing, for example, has ten grams of fat. That may be less than Ken's regular Honey Mustard, but it's more than Lawry's regular Golden Dijon (four grams) or Henri's regular Honey Mustard (six grams). UNDELICIOUSLY SALTY Salt is a cheap way to add flavor, and about half of all no-or low-fat dressings had more than our limit of 200 mg per serving. Seven Seas Creamy Italian Reduced Calorie and Wish-Bone Lite Italian each hit the scales at around 500 mg. Kraft Deliciously Right Caesar tips 'em at 560 mg--almost a quarter of your daily sodium quota. Yet some manage to cut the salt. How? The best-tasting use vinegar and herbs. The worst use sugar or "flavor enhancers" like disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate (E627), also known as sodium 5'-guanylate and disodium 5'-guanylate, is the disodium salt of the flavor enhancer guanosine monophosphate (GMP). or MSG MSG: see glutamic acid. . THE BEST-DRESSED LIST Here are the best-Lasting "Best Bites" we could find. Over all, we preferred dressings that didn't try to imitate traditional flavors. Few Thousand Islands or blue cheeses met our criteria, and those we tried were far from memorable. * Dijon/Mustard: Pritikin Fat Free Dijon Balsamic balsamic (bäl·sämˑ·ik), n a substance that can soften and reduce mucus. was deliciously mustardy. It's the best-tasting Pritikin dressing. Safeway Select Enlighten en·light·en tr.v. en·light·ened, en·light·en·ing, en·light·ens 1. To give spiritual or intellectual insight to: Honey Mustard was a touch sweeter, but still quite good. * French: Weight Watchers Salad Celebrations French Style brought back memories of college cafeteria dressings. If you like yours on the sweet side, try Pritikin Fat Free Honey French. * Herb: This was the best-tasting group. Try Paula's No Oil, Trader Joe's Trader Joe's is a privately held chain of specialty grocery stores headquartered in Monrovia, California. As of September 2007, Trader Joe's has a total of 284 stores.[1] Fat Free, or Safeway Select Enlighten flavor combos like Lime & Cilantro, Tangerine tangerine: see orange. tangerine Small, thin-skinned variety of the mandarin orange species (Citrus reticulata deliciosa) of the rue family (citrus family). & Mint, Lemon & Dill, or Orange & Basil. Most use fresh garlic instead of powdered, fresh herbs and spices, and tangy juices. * Italian: Two Rising Sun Farm Oil Free dressings-- Fresh Pesto Dried Tomato Vinaigrette and Italian Lovers' Vinaigrette--were flavorful flavorful - flavour and tangy. Parmesan and romano cheeses Romano cheese is a type of cheese that is known for being very hard, salty and sharp. It is usually grated. It is different from normal cheeses because it requires more milk per pound, most water being lost in the process. There are different types of romano cheese. will do that every time. * Specialty Flavors: Tres Classique Oil Free Red Red Raspberry raspberry, name for several thorny shrubs of the genus Rubus of the family Rosaceae (rose family) and for their fruit (see bramble). raspberry Any of many species of fruit-bearing bushes of the genus Rubus in the rose family. tasted luscious. Close your eyes and you see raspberries. Pritikin Fat Free Raspberry Vinaigrette was sweeter and more syrupy (it's got more corn syrup corn syrup Sweet syrup produced by breaking down (hydrolyzing) cornstarch (a product of corn). Corn syrup contains dextrins, maltose, and dextrose and is used in baked goods, jelly and jam, and candy. than raspberry concentrate). If you're a peanut butter fan, try Ayla's Organics Spicy Indonesian. It's as close to PB heaven as three grams of fat will get you. And the soy sauce and sesame seeds in Ayla's Organics Toasted Sesame Dressing reminded us of memorable Japanese restaurant salads. ("Best Bites" we were unable to taste: Cook's Classics Oil Free Italian Garlic Gusto; Paula's No Fat (entire line); Tres Classique Oil Free Garlic 'N Cheese Italian, Grand Garlic, and Honey Dijon; Weight Watchers Blue Cheese Mix and Russian Mix.) What the Best-Dressed Salads Are Wearing "Best Bites" have no more than three grams of fat and 200 milligrams of sodium in a two-tablespoon (one-ounce) serving. "Honorable Mentions" can have up to 300 mg of sodium. (If the label lists a one-tablespoon serving, be sure to double the numbers.) Many brands are made by small companies and may not be available everywhere. Dressings are ranked by fat, then sodium. All mixes were prepared following the package directions. Fat-Free & Lite Salad Dressing Fat Sodium (2 Tbs.) (g) (mg) 0 grams of fat (0 to 50 calories) * Montserrati Organic Basil No Oil 0 0 * Naturally Fresh Fat Free Lemon Vinaigrette 0 0 * Walden Farms Sodium Free Fat Free Italian 0 0 * Rising Sun Farm Oil Free (1) 0 29 * Trader Joe's Fat Free (1) 0 35 * Anne's Original Fat Free (1) 0 38 * Tres Classique Oil Free (1) 0 43 * Safeway Select Enlighten (1) 0 51 * Paula's No-Oil(1) or No-Fat (1) 0 76 * Featherweight Fat Free (1) or Low Fat (1) 0 80 * Pritikin Fat Free (1) 0 118 * Naturally Fresh Fat Free Thousand Island 0 125 * Estee Fat Free (1) or Low Fat (1) 0 130 * Ayla's Organics (2) 0 149 * Weight Watchers Salad Celebrations Honey Dijon 0 150 * Henri's Choice Fat Free Honey Mustard 0 170 * Mrs. Pickford's Herb Magic Thousand Island 0 170 * Weight Watchers Blue Cheese Mix 0 170 * Cook's Classics Oil Free (1) 0 180 * Naturally Fresh Fat Free Raspberry Vinaigrette 0 180 * Weight Watchers Russian Mix 0 200 * Weight Watchers Salad Celebrations French Style 0 200 # Weight Watchers French-Style Mix 0 220 # Hain Fat-Free Herb Mix 0 230 # Mary's Thin (1) 0 230 # Henri's Choice Fat Free French 0 240 # Smart Temptations Fat Free (1) 0 242 # Medford Farms Fat Free (1) 0 244 # Marie's Zesty Fat Free Vinaigrettes (1) 0 248 # Good Seasons Fat Free Honey Mustard Mix 0 260 # Walden Farms Fat Free French or Russian 0 260 # Walden Farms Fat Free Thousand Island 0 260 # Weight Watchers Thousand Island Mix 0 260 # Henri's Choice Fat Free Thousand Island 0 270 # Mrs. Pickford's Herb Magic Cucumber or Ranch 0 270 # Mrs. Pickford's Herb Magic Vinaigrette 0 270 # Weight Watchers Salad Celebrations Ranch 0 270 # Good Seasons Fat Free Creamy Italian Mix 0 280 # Walden Farms Fat Free Creamy Italian 0 280 Fat-Free & Lite Salad Dressing (2 Tbs) (g) (mg) # Wish-Bone Healthy Sensation (3) 0 288 # Hain Fat Free Garlic & Cheese Mix 0 290 # Kraft Free Italian 0 290 # Good Seasons Fat Free Zesty Herb Mix 0 300 # Kraft Free French Style or Thousand Island 0 300 # Weight Watchers Italian Mix 0 300 Wish-Bone Healthy Sensation Honey Dijon 0 390 S & W Vintage Lites (1) 0 433 Seven Seas Free Italian 0 480 Naturally Fresh Fat Free Italian 0 530 1 to 3 grams of fat (10 to 50 calories) # Hidden Valley Ranch Low Fat (1) 1 272 # Wish-Bone Lite French Style 1 280 # Wish-Bone Lite Creamy Ital. or Thousand Island 1 290 Newman's Own Light Italian 1 380 Wish-Bone Lite Italian 1 480 * Montserrati Organic Lemon & Dill No Oil 2 24 # Cook's Classics Tomato Basil 2 230 # Marie's Luscious Low Fat (1) 2 255 # Bernstein's Light Fantastic Creamy Dijon 2 270 # Bernstein's Light Fantastic Classico Italian 2 300 # Bernstein's Light Fantastic Dill or Oriental 2 300 * Ayla's Organics Spicy Indonesian 3 190 # Blanchard & Blanchard Spa (1) 3 233 # Kraft Deliciously Right French 3 260 4 to 6 grams of fat (50 to 69 calories) Henri's Light (1) 4 323 Seven Seas Reduced Calorie Creamy Italian 5 490 Kraft Deliciously Right Caesar 5 560 Ken's Steak House Lite Caesar 6 540 8 or more grams of fat (80 to 154 calories) Wish-Bone Lite Chunky Blue Cheese 8 410 Ken's Steak House Lite Honey Mustard 10 220 Thousand Island, regular 11 218 Kraft Deliciously Right Ranch 11 310 Ken's Steak House Lite Buttermilk Ranch 12 200 French, regular 13 427 Italian, regular 14 232 Blue cheese, regular 16 328 * = "Best Bite. # = "Honorable Mention." (1) Average for the entire line. (2) Average for the entire line except Spicy Indonesian. (3) Average for the entire line except Honey Dijon. Information obtained from manufacturers and USDA USDA, n.pr See United States Department of Agriculture. Handbook [++] The use of information from this article for commercial purposes is prohibited without written permission from CSPI CSPI Center for Science in the Public Interest CSPI Corporate Service Price Index CSPI Cumulative Schedule Performance Index . |
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