THE BEST DRESSED... or are they?

Hilary Biller looked at the kilojoule content of four popular readymade dressings.

Feeling virtuous about eating a healthy salad? Well depending on the dressing used, all the good intentions may have been dashed. Half a cup (125ml) of standard salad of lettuce, tomato and cucumber WITHOUT dressing contains approximately 120kJ. One calorie equals 4.2 kJ.

KNORR Greek Vinaigrette Salad Dressing 1442kJ per 100ml 216kJ per 15ml (3tsp) serving

INA PAARMAN Balsamic Vinaigrette 613kJ per 100ml 92kJ per 15ml (3tsp) serving

SPUR Sweet Chilli Dressing 1069kJ per 100ml 160kJ per 15ml (3 tsp)

STEERS Italian Salad Dressing 1279kJ per 100ml 154kJ per 12ml (2 ½ tsp)