Is Ranch Dressing Healthy? 5 Labels Side by Side
Chapters
- Buttermilk Comes Later
- Three Classic Bottles
- The Light Ranch Trade
- A Ranch With No Buttermilk
- MSG and Portion
- Your Turn
Audio from the Clean Food Score video of the same name; the video shows the labels and scores on screen.
Check a ranch label free
Is ranch dressing healthy? On three of the four big brand ranch labels we checked, the first ingredient is soybean oil, not buttermilk. We compare Kraft, Wish-Bone, Ken's, Hidden Valley light and Tessemae's organic ranch, explain light ranch and MSG, and show which label scored highest (as of October 2026).
Check any ingredient list free
Chapters
0:00 Buttermilk Comes Later
0:40 Three Classic Bottles
1:36 The Light Ranch Trade
2:14 A Ranch With No Buttermilk
2:58 MSG and Portion
3:36 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
Music
"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Sound effects: Kenney (kenney.nl), CC0.
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