WALDEN FARMS CAESAR DRESSING

This is another offering by Walden Farms in their line-up of zero calories, zero sugar, and zero fat dressings. It has the distinctive smell that we automatically associate with Caesar dressings. This dressing is in the same line as the previous ones from Walden Farms that I have reviewed and but fairs a little better in the taste category than the others. It is hard to explain but the taste seems to hit farther back on the tongue rather than in the front. It is almost like an after-taste that you taste while eating. It is similar to the taste of some kind of hot spice that they just give you a hint of without actually giving it to you.

The ingredients are mostly the same as their other products and contain “Purified Triple Filtered Water”, white vinegar, cellulose gel, salt, buttermilk powder, anchovies, cheese flavor, lactic acid, onion, natural flavors, natural spices, xanthan gum, propylene glycol alginate, sodium benzoate, food color and sucralose. The only surprises here are the buttermilk power, anchovies and cheese flavor. It may be the anchovies that give Caesar dressings their distinctive smell.

Just like the other Walden Farms dressings, this has zero of everything including fat, calories, sugars, carbs and also nutritional values. The sodium content of this is medium and not unexpected. When you are finished eating this dressing your lips still have a tingle in them caused by the small amount of heat supplied in this dressing. This is not unpleasant and helps to remind you that you have eaten something. This sets it apart from the other Walden Farms dressings I have tried. This is a better product and has enough taste to make it worth your while trying.

Taste Rating = 4 bottles
Overall Rating = 3
Style Category = Caesar
Fat Category = fat free
Calorie Category = no calorie
Nutritional Category = none
Sodium Category = med

Walden Farms Jersey Sweet Onion Dressing

This is another offering by Walden Farms in their line-up of zero calories, zero sugar, and zero fat dressings. It has a different smell that reminds me of the smell of Ranch dressing. This dressing has the most taste of any Walden Farms dressings that I have tried so far. It still is not strong but this taste does stay with you a little longer than others. I don’t know what “Jersey Sweet” means. I tried Googling it but didn’t come up with anything so I guess it is just a name that they came up with. However, this dressing does have a little bit of sweet taste and I kept tasting it for several hours after eating it and it was not in an especially pleasant way.

The ingredients are mostly the same as their other products and contain “Purified Triple Filtered Water”, white vinegar, cellulose gel, salt, chopped onion, onion powder, natural flavors, natural spices, mustard flour, titanium dioxide, sucralose, lactic acid, propylene glycol alginate, xanthan gum, and sodium benzoate. The only difference between this dressing and the other is, not surprisingly, the chopped onion.

Just like the other Walden Farms dressings, this has zero of everything including fat, calories, sugars, carbs and also nutritional values. The sodium content of this is medium and not unexpected. This does have more taste than some of their other dressings and the taste is a little different than some of the more traditional dressings (like Ranch, Thousand Island, French, etc) and for that reason alone might warrant a try.


Taste Rating = 4 bottles
Overall Rating = 5
Style Category = Other
Fat Category = fat free
Calorie Category = no calorie
Nutritional Category = none
Sodium Category = med

WALDEN FARMS THOUSAND ISLAND DRESSING

Most of my life my dressing of choice has been Thousand Island dressing. That was until I started trying to lose weight and could not find any good low-calorie dressings. Needless to say I couldn’t wait to try the Calorie Free/Fat Free/Sugar Free offering from Walden Farms and once again I was disappointed by this one. The smell of it hinted of tomatoes but not really in a pleasant way because it also smelled of vinegar. Just like the Honey Dijon Vinaigrette the taste was very weak but the flavor of this one was not really good either. When I finished with my salad each day I found I had not enjoyed my salad at all. Even though the flavor was weak I didn’t really like it either. After eating it I felt that I had wasted a good salad by using this dressing on it.

The main ingredient of this dressing, like the Honey Vinaigrette dressing I tried previously was water. Once again it is listed as “Purified Triple Filtered Water” (as if this makes a difference!). Next in the list is white vinegar, tomato paste, cellulose gel, natural flavor, natural spices, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, pickle relish, lemon juice, xanthan gum, propylene glycol, alginate, sodium benzoate, food color, sucralose. This is very similar to the Honey Vinaigrette except for the tomato paste and pickle relish (probably not too surprising).

This is another dressing that I won’t be in any hurry to use again because of the vinegary taste of this offering. I guess I have to keep trying to find a good low-calorie Thousand Island dressing.

Taste Rating = 2 bottles.
Overall Rating = 2 bottles
Style Category = 1000 Island
Fat Category = fat free
Calorie Category = no calorie
Nutritional Category = none
Sodium Category = med