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Is Italian Dressing Healthy? Where Is the Olive Oil?

Audio from the Clean Food Score video of the same name; the video shows the labels and scores on screen.

Compare Italian dressing labels
Is Italian dressing healthy? The Kraft zesty Italian label we checked lists soybean and canola oil and no olive oil. We test three common beliefs against the label, explain the sugar and preservatives, and show Italian style dressings from Tessemae's and FODY that score higher (as of October 2026).

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Chapters
0:00 No Olive Oil in the Bottle
0:26 The Kraft Label
1:23 Nothing Added?
2:05 Italian Style, Higher Scores
2:55 The Bottle You Make
3:33 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
"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Sound effects: Kenney (kenney.nl), CC0.

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