Bottle gets a bit of a dressing down

Alot of ingredients go into producing something resembling avocado

hese small bottles of dressing appeared a few months ago on the supermarket shelves and I liked their look. Too often large dressing bottles are abandoned at the back of the fridge, but these one provide enough for nine servings, which is sensible for smaller households.

They are also easy to carry to work, or pop into a picnic.

I bought t wo. This one and the Creamy Roasted Garlic and found that one was a lot better than the other. fats and has a lot of nutrients in it. So there is some real avocado in here, if only 10 per cent, which equates to 18.5ml of avocado or nearly four teaspoons. The food acids that act as preservatives are lactic acid ( 270) which occurs naturally in sour milk and ascorbic acid ( 300) which is vitamin C. This is another standard ingredient in a dressing, there to provide the tart flavour. Not a lot of sugar in here at 1.6g per 20ml serve. This will be in here for flavour. This is quite salty at 125mg of sodium. per 20ml serving. A tiny amount of garlic – about 1.85ml. This is most likely in here for flavouring. Powdered onion as a flavour. This is xanthan gum which is a natural substance obtained by fermenting glucose and sucrose. It is most likely in here as an emulsifier to prevent the sunflower oil and white vinegar from separating. Good to see a natural flavour in here. This is chlorophyll copper complexes which provides an olive green colour. preservatives, whereas this can only boast no artificial flavours on its bottle. Or why not make one of my favourite dressings from the old days using just four ingredients? It’s sweet but a little goes a long way in terms of flavour. 1 395g tin sweetened condensed milk 1 cup apple cider or malt vinegar 2 eggs 2 tsp mustard powder Salt and pepper to taste Tip all the ingredients into a jar or jug and whisk to combine. It will thicken as it sits. Store in the fridge. Drizzle over your salad but don’t overdo it.