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Dressings & cooking sauces: compare ingredients, then choose.

Compare vinaigrettes, marinades, vinegars, and simmer sauces.

Research · Dressings & cooking sauces

What our research found about dressings & cooking sauces

Salad dressings and cooking sauces hide their differences in the oil and sugar. Many bottled dressings are mostly soybean or canola oil with gums, sugar and preservatives, while olive-oil and avocado-oil dressings often cost more and have shorter lists. Creamy dressings add egg or dairy and thickeners; Asian-style marinades add soy, sugar and sodium.

The oil is the biggest label decision for shoppers avoiding seed oils. Because serving sizes are two tablespoons or less, compare sodium and added sugar per serving and look at refrigerated versus shelf-stable formulas.

Products
7211 brands
Full labels recorded
3954% of the shelf
Maker says organic
15maker’s claim
List an added sweetener
14of 39 labels
List a seed oil
13of 39 labels
Typical label length
9ingredients (median)

Counts use complete, current ingredient labels only. Records without a published label stay unknown and are never counted as clean.

What to compare

  • Oil type. Olive and avocado oil versus soybean and canola.
  • Added sugar. Many dressings and marinades add sugar, honey or syrups.
  • Sodium per serving. Compare mg per two tablespoons.
  • Gums and preservatives. Xanthan gum, EDTA and sorbates appear in shelf-stable bottles.

References

  1. Types of fat Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  2. Olive oil Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  3. Added sugars on the Nutrition Facts label U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  4. Sodium in your diet U.S. Food and Drug Administration

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“No …” columns: None found on the label · Listed on the label · Unknown. Claims: verified · not established. Default: most check marks first; not a health score.

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Unknown and stale evidence never passes “Only show matches.” The clean score is strict and needs no setup: nine additive groups on the current label plus verified organic and sourcing claims; without them a product cannot reach 100. It is not a nutrition, allergy, or safety rating.

“Buy on Amazon” opens a reviewed product listing; “Search on Amazon” opens an Amazon search for the product, so pick the exact match yourself. Confirm the package, seller, availability, and current price before checkout. Buying links do not influence ingredient results.

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The clean score is strict and needs no setup: nine additive groups not found in a current ingredient statement, plus a verified organic claim (and a grass-fed or pasture-raised claim for animal foods), are needed for 100; a possible match earns half and a missing claim earns nothing. Missing or expired evidence stays unknown. It does not assess nutrition, allergies, contaminants, or safety.