Spoonable dressings

Pourable dressings are relative newcomers as a grocery store food category compared with mayonnaise and spoonable dressings. They first appeared on the market in limited flavors, such as French and Thousand Island. Over the last several decades, many more varieties have become available. The only legal definition in... 

The serving size for viscous (spoonable) dressings remains one tablespoon. Here, too, fat free requires less than 0.5 g of fat per serving. Therefore, a fat-free viscous dressing product may contain about 3% oil or fat in the formulation. 

Pourable dressings Spoonable dressings Low and no oil dressings, relishes and pickles, mustard and mint sauces, marinades, canned and frozen sauces, savory dips. 

Salad dressings—pourable and spoonable normal and low-calorie Relishes and tart sauces Cheeses and cheese products Egg substitute (cholesterol-free)... 

Mayonnaise and spoonable salad dressings are another major food processor use for salad oils. Oil constitutes 80% of most mayonnaise formulations and is responsible for the body and viscosity of the product. Spoonable salad dressings have only 35% to 50% oil whose function is to modify the mouthfeel of the starch paste that imparts the body. In both cases, a smooth, creamy, nonoily mouthfeel is desired that will not occur if crystallization occurs. These emulsions are very unstable and the presence of fat crystals will break the emulsion, rapidly causing oil pockets to form (128). 

Before 1993, dressings (both spoonable and pourable) could be manufactured and claimed to be reduced calorie if the caloric contribution was at least 30% reduced from a similar full-calorie product. Reduction in calories is largely obtained by... 

Before considering the utilization of canola oil in the formulation of margarine base oils, shortenings and specialty fats, it should be pointed out that this oil has proved to be an excellent salad and cooking oil both for general household use and also in the commercial manufacture of mayonnaise, sandwich spreads, and liquid and spoonable" salad dressings. 

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