Many store -
bought dressings contain gluten, soy and other allergens that my family has to avoid.
Most store
bought dressings contain sugar, vegetable oils, grain based vinegar, tomatoes, peppers... and the list goes on.
Not exact matches
Yes, it's really easy to
buy a bottle of salad
dressing from the store, but I find that they either a) go bad before I use it up, or b) they
contain iffy ingredients.
Finally I realized though, that those store
bought dressings often
contained funky ingredients and preservatives.
Making your own salad
dressing / / Store
bought dressing may be convenient but homemade
dressing is normally a lot healthy for you and
contains less or no preservatives and other chemicals.
Mustard (especially the squeeze kind) Pre-made beverage mixes like Bloody Mary mix (check the label for barley malt flavoring or hydrolyzed wheat protein, and skip the Bloody Marys and Caesars at brunch) Store -
bought soups (yup, even tomato soup can
contain wheat, but especially the creamy stuff like Cream of Mushroom and Chicken) Sauces and salad
dressings (BBQ sauce is a biggie) Brown rice syrup (often found in processed foods and alternative sweeteners, which is derived from barley) Ice cream and Fudgesicles (may
contain malt extract, which is also derived from barley) Yogurt (the flavored kinds) Gravy (usually thickened with flour) Meatballs (most often
contains breadcrumbs as a binder) French Fries (ask if they've been fried in a dedicated fryer.
Most shop -
bought salad
dressings contain sugar and some
contain gluten.
Store -
bought caesar
dressing can
contain a lot of undesirable ingredients like soybean oil, monosodium glutamate, wheat, dairy, and preservatives.
Most store -
bought salad
dressings contain dangerous vegetable oils (high in omega - 6, which we already get too much of in the American diet) and additives like MSG and carrageenan.
I find that store -
bought dressings almost always use industrial seed oils (like canola, sunflower, and safflower) and
contain additives and emulsifiers that I prefer to avoid.
This homemade Thousand Island
dressing from Hayley uses homemade ingredients so you can avoid all the gross ingredients that are
contained in store -
bought dressing.
Almost all store -
bought salad
dressings contain fairly significant amounts of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS).
Almost all store -
bought salad
dressings contain heavily refined soybean oil and / or refined canola oil... both of which are VERY unhealthy.
If you can't find store -
bought salad
dressings and mayonnaise that
contain healthy oils, you may need to learn to make your own.
° Salad
dressings — Ditch commercial salad
dressings (store
bought and restaurant) as they
contain inflammatory rancid industrialized Omega - 6 oils even if organic or «expeller pressed «(e.g., canola, corn, soy, vegetable, cottonseed, etc) AND they all have transfats, contrary to what we are led to believe.
It takes 2 minutes, max, to whip up a basic balsamic vinaigrette (which you can then store in the fridge for weeks), and trust me when I say that it is virtually impossible to
buy a shelf - stable
dressing that doesn't
contain additives and unnecessary amounts of sugar.
Most of the
dressings you
buy from the shop are bad for your health as they
contain a lot of sugar, fat and other undesired components.