Salad dressing, buttermilk, lite

Fun Facts

  1. Eyeball any salad-dressing label, and oil is one of the top ingredients. Unfortunately, the bulk of oils used in nonorganic salad dressings today come from genetically engineered soy or canola, crops that have never been tested for their impact on human health.
  2. Titanium dioxide, a go-to substance in the paint industry to make colors brighter, is also a common ingredient in salad dressings for the same reason—it makes the ingredients (some of them fake) seem fresher.
  3. Trans fats are dangerous industrialized fats that your taste buds love but your body hates, thanks to the ingredient’s tendency to promote heart disease.
  4. Monosodium glutamate, or MSG, is an amino acid that helps intensify the flavor of foods. By adding it to things like soups and salad dressings, companies are able to reduce the amount of real ingredients in their foods, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

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