Kraft Light Three Cheese Ranch

Using the word “light” seems almost stretching the point with this dressing – in more ways than one. It is thick and creamy. In fact it is thicker than most other full Ranch dressings. It also seems to contain almost as much fat calories (70) and even calories (80) and sodium as other full dressings. Even with all of that going against it (in my opinion) I have to say I like this dressing. It does say “50% less fat and 33% fewer calories than regular dressing”. I probably need to add to my to-do list to check this out. Does it mean against their (Kraft) regular dressing or against the one on the market with the highest fat and calories?

It reminds me a lot of mayonnaise with a little of something else added to give it taste. I guess this is where the cheese comes in to play. If you study the list of ingredients you find that it contains Parmesan, Romano cheese and then further down it lists cheddar cheese. The taste is not very strong and it is not objectionable. In fact, after putting it on my finger to taste it I feel like I would like to just eat more of it by itself. Most dressings would be too much without being offset by the taste of other food with them but this one is not overpowering but also not too weak. It really doesn’t have the tangy taste that I usually look for in a dressing but I find it has pleasant taste that I could eat over and over again – except for the fat calories I might be inclined to do so.



Taste Rating = 7
Overall Rating = 6
Style Category = Ranch
Fat Category = high
Calorie Category = high
Nutritional Category = none
Sodium Category = high