Ranch dressing
Checked by us One serving: 30 g (about 2 tablespoons) · 131 kcal
Lots of omega-3: ALA and vitamin K1.
Worth knowing: Salmonella. Nothing else to watch for most people so far.
On warfarin? Keep your vitamin K steady.
Good for
How we counted this
What one serving (30.4 g) gives you.
Your body needs enough of each of these. Past enough, more doesn’t help. Amounts are what the food databases list, not what your body absorbs, unless a row says it was measured.
The words: “A lot” means one serving gives 20% or more of Health Canada’s daily amount, “Some” 10% to 19%, “A little” 2% to 9%, “Almost none” under 2%. Strongest word first; within a word, protein and fibre lead, then the biggest share. ?
A milligram (mg) is a thousandth of a gram, and a microgram (µg) a thousandth of a milligram: 1,000 µg make 1 mg.
- A lot
Omega-3: ALA
The one omega-3 your body can’t make: it must come from food. Your cells build it into their membranes and burn it for energy.
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931 mg in one serving: 58% of the 1,600 mg a day men need, 85% of the 1,100 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, omega-3 fatty acids fact sheet for health professionals
- A lot
Vitamin K1
Your blood needs it to clot.
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40.8 µg in one serving: 34% of the 120 µg a day men need, 45% of the 90 µg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin K fact sheet for health professionals
20 more nutrients below “a lot”
- A little
Vitamin E
Shields the fats in your cells from damage; your immune system uses it too.
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0.67 mg in one serving: 4% of the 15 mg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin E fact sheet for health professionals
- A little
Riboflavin (B2)
Your cells use it to make energy and handle fats. It also helps turn tryptophan into niacin and activate vitamin B6.
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0.04 mg in one serving: 3% of the 1.3 mg a day men need, 4% of the 1.1 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, riboflavin fact sheet for health professionals
- A little
Vitamin B12
Your body needs it to make red blood cells and keep nerves working.
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0.05 µg in one serving: 2% of the 2.4 µg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin B12 fact sheet for health professionals
- A little
Selenium
Your thyroid uses it to make its hormones.
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1.06 µg in one serving: 2% of the 55 µg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, selenium fact sheet for health professionals
- A little
Choline
Your cells need it for their membranes, and to make acetylcholine, a messenger for memory, mood and muscle control.
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9.97 mg in one serving: 2% of the 550 mg a day men need, 2% of the 425 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, choline fact sheet for health professionals
- Almost none
Calcium
Builds your bones and teeth.
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8.51 mg in one serving: 1% of the 1,000 mg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, calcium fact sheet for health professionals
- Almost none
Protein
Your muscles, and every other tissue, are built and repaired from it.
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0.4 g in one serving: 1% of the 56 g a day men need, 1% of the 46 g women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. Institute of Medicine 2005, Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids
- Almost none
Potassium
Your nerves, muscles and kidneys need it to work.
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19.5 mg in one serving: 1% of the 3,400 mg a day men need, 1% of the 2,600 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, potassium fact sheet for health professionals
- Almost none
Niacin (B3, niacin equivalents)
More than 400 of your enzymes need it to work.
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0.09 mg in one serving: 1% of the 16 mg a day men need, 1% of the 14 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, niacin fact sheet for health professionals
- Almost none
Iron
Carries oxygen in your blood.
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0.09 mg in one serving: 1% of the 8 mg a day men need, 1% of the 18 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, iron fact sheet for health professionals
- Almost none
Vitamin A
Your eyes need it to see in dim light.
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Getting enough matters; more than enough doesn’t sharpen your sight.
4.56 µg in one serving: 1% of the 900 µg a day men need, 1% of the 700 µg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin A fact sheet for health professionals
- Almost none
Omega-3: EPA + DHA
Long-chain omega-3s, built into your cell membranes. DHA is concentrated in your brain and retinas.
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1.22 mg in one serving: under 1% of the 250 mg a day.
Health Canada sets no daily amount for these fats, so the daily figure here is the European Food Safety Authority’s.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, omega-3 fatty acids fact sheet for health professionals
- Almost none
Zinc
Your immune system and healing wounds depend on it.
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0.05 mg in one serving: under 1% of the 11 mg a day men need, 1% of the 8 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, zinc fact sheet for health professionals
- Almost none
Magnesium
Your muscles and nerves need it to work.
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1.52 mg in one serving: under 1% of the 400 mg a day men need, under 1% of the 310 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, magnesium fact sheet for health professionals
- Almost none
Thiamin (B1)
Your cells use it to get energy from food, and so to grow and work.
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0 mg in one serving: under 1% of the 1.2 mg a day men need, under 1% of the 1.1 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, thiamin fact sheet for health professionals
- Almost none
Folate
Your body needs it to make DNA and to divide new cells.
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1.22 µg in one serving: under 1% of the 400 µg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, folate fact sheet for health professionals
- Almost none
Vitamin B6
Helps you use protein, and your brain needs it to make its chemical messengers.
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0 mg in one serving: under 1% of the 1.3 mg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin B6 fact sheet for health professionals
- Almost none
Vitamin D
Your body needs it to absorb calcium and keep your bones hard.
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Your skin also makes it in sunlight, so food is only one of its sources.
0.03 µg in one serving: under 1% of the 15 µg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin D fact sheet for health professionals
- Almost none
Fibre
Keeps your gut moving.
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0 g in one serving: under 1% of the 38 g a day men need, under 1% of the 25 g women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. Institute of Medicine 2005, Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids
- Almost none
Vitamin C
Your body makes collagen with it, which wounds need to heal. It also helps you absorb iron from plants.
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0 mg in one serving: under 1% of the 90 mg a day men need, under 1% of the 75 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin C fact sheet for health professionals
How to handle it
Flagged for homemade dressing only: Health Canada advises pasteurized egg products instead of raw eggs for foods that are not heated, such as Caesar salad dressing, and the Public Health Agency of Canada lists homemade dressings made with raw eggs among higher-risk foods. This is a handling matter, not a dose. The row is for commercial bottled dressing, which these agency pages do not address.
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How we counted this
3-MCPD and its esters
Nothing to watchYou’d need about 22 servings in a day of this food alone to use up what the highest average adult intake we found leaves under the limit.
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One serving carries 4.19 µg (3-MCPD equivalents, EFSA dressing model, 137.9 µg/kg)
How we got this
A serving a day adds 8.6–30% to what an average adult already takes in: a share of that intake, not of the limit. With that serving every day, an average adult would be at about 38–45% of the limit.
The highest average adult intake we found already takes up about 35% of the limit. One serving a day fits in the room left.
Counted from zero, with no allowance for what adults already take in from other food, 1,000 g a day would reach the limit.
Why this rating: Eating it daily comes to 30 g a day, which stays within the 660 g of room left before the limit.
The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: under the limit
No cap: EFSA's tolerable daily intake for 3-MCPD, esters included, is 2 µg/kg body weight/day (2018). No measured ester level for a dressing was found, so this uses EFSA's own dressing model: dressings with 25-50% oil carry 35% of the oil's level, 137.9 µg/kg, and 1,015 g of dressing a day would reach the limit, eaten alone. The average adult takes in 0.2-0.7 µg/kg body weight/day (EFSA 2018), under half the limit, so a food would have to reach it on its own to matter.
Glycidyl esters (glycidol)
Nothing to watchYou’d need about 7 servings a day, every day, of this food alone to double the glycidyl esters (glycidol) an average adult already gets. No dose is known to be safe, so doubling is where we flag.
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A serving a day adds 11–17% to what an average adult already takes in. There is no limit to take a share of.
One serving carries 2.32 µg (glycidol, derived)
How we got this
The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: doesn’t double average intake
No cap: glycidol has no safe threshold and is judged by margin of exposure; EFSA counts 25,000 or higher as low health concern (reference point T25 10.2 mg/kg body weight/day). A serving carries 2.32 µg of glycidol, a margin of exposure of about 308,374 on its own, and adds 11-17% to the average adult's intake of 0.2-0.3 µg/kg body weight/day (EFSA 2016, middle bound), short of doubling it. The level is derived, not measured: EFSA's mean for glycidol from esters in soya bean oil (171 µg/kg) scaled to the fat in ranch dressing, assuming soybean oil.
Checked for nickel, cadmium, aluminum and lead: fine at normal amounts.
Nickel
Nothing to watchYou’d need more than 100 servings in a day of this food alone to use up what the highest average adult intake we found leaves under the limit.
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One serving carries 1.13 µg
How we got this
The highest average adult intake we found already takes up about 26% of the limit. One serving a day fits in the room left.
Counted from zero, with no allowance for what adults already take in from other food, 24,000 g a day would reach the limit.
Why this rating: Eating it daily comes to 30 g a day, which stays within the 18,000 g of room left before the limit.
The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: under the limit
No cap: nickel is rated against EFSA's tolerable daily intake of 13 µg/kg body weight/day (2020). The average adult already takes in 22-26% of it, under half, so a food would have to reach the limit on its own to matter. The limit is 910 µg a day for a 70 kg adult; about 24,433 g a day of dressing would reach it, eaten alone, and a serving carries 1.13 µg, 0.12% of it. FDA found ranch and Italian dressing not detected (reporting limits 40 and 60 ppb).
EFSA CONTAM Panel (2020). Update of the risk assessment of nickel in food and drinking water. EFSA Journal 18(11):6268 (PMC7643711) · doi.org · grade B
Cadmium
Nothing to watchYou’d need more than 100 servings a day, every day, of this food alone to use up what an average adult’s intake leaves under the limit.
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One serving carries 0.06 µg
How we got this
A serving a day adds 0.3% to what an average adult already takes in: a share of that intake, not of the limit. With that serving every day, an average adult would be at about 71% of the limit.
An average adult already takes in about 71% of the limit. One serving a day fits in the room left.
Counted from zero, with no allowance for what adults already take in from other food, 90,000 g a week would reach the limit.
Why this rating: Eating it daily comes to 213 g a week, which stays within the 26,000 g of room left before the limit.
The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: under the limit
A daily serving adds 0.34% to an average adult's cadmium intake (EFSA 2012 adult median, 1.77 µg/kg body weight/week; Canadian adults in 2007: 1.2-1.75), far from doubling it, so no cap.
Health Canada, Canadian Total Diet Study – Trace Elements (2005–2018 composites) · grade B
Aluminum
Nothing to watchYou’d need more than 100 servings a day, every day, of this food alone to reach the limit.
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One serving carries 36.1 µg
How we got this
59,000 g a week reaches the limit
The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: under the limit
No cap: EFSA's tolerable weekly intake for aluminium is 1 mg/kg body weight/week (2008), 70 mg a week for a 70 kg adult. Seven daily servings carry 253 µg, 0.36% of it, and about 58,968 g of dressing in a week would reach it, eaten alone. No adult average intake is recorded here, so only the servings' share of the limit is shown.
Lead
Nothing to watchYou’d need more than 100 servings a day, every day, of this food alone to double the lead an average adult already gets. No dose is known to be safe, so doubling is where we flag.
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A serving a day adds 0.5% to what an average adult already takes in. There is no limit to take a share of.
One serving carries 0.16 µg
How we got this
The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: doesn’t double average intake
No cap: a daily serving adds 0.46% to the average adult's lead intake of 35 µg/day (EFSA 2012), far from doubling it. No safe threshold is set for lead (EFSA 2010). The Health Canada Total Diet Study mean for salad dressing is 5.277 ng/g across 8 composites. FDA found low-calorie ranch at 13 ppb (3 of 3 detected; a serving would carry 0.40 µg, 1.1% of the average) and regular ranch not detected (reporting limit 4 ppb).
Health Canada, Canadian Total Diet Study – Trace Elements (2005–2018 composites) · grade B
For some people
Flagged for people on warfarin, as the label puts it: keep vitamin K intake consistent, not avoid. A ranch serving carries about 41 µg of vitamin K1, Italian about 17 µg, Caesar about 32 µg. The K1 comes from the soybean or canola oil; an oil-and-vinegar dressing on olive oil would carry far less.
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Eat a steady amount, not none. This line goes on every food whose serving gives 10% or more of the daily vitamin K; a few foods below that carry it too, where a source names them. One serving here has about 41 µg of vitamin K1.
Worth knowing
No limit applies, so none is rated.
Sugar
1.4 g of sugar in a 30.4 g serving, natural and added together.
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Shown, not rated. The food tables we read give total sugar, and few give added sugar, so the site can’t yet tell sugar added in making a food from the sugar in fruit or milk.
Also measured in it
Figures from the dataset. None has a limit to be rated against, so none is a verdict.
Lactose: 1.4 g per 100 g, so about 0.41 g in a 30.4 g serving. · US food database (USDA SR Legacy) · grade B
Also checked (nothing to act on) · 2
Noted for context, or not measured in this food yet.
Not measured in this food yet. Not rated: no measured histamine in a salad dressing was found, and none is estimated from an ingredient, so nothing can be set against the 50 mg per meal level. A vinegar survey gives total biogenic amines of 23.35-1,445.2 µg/L, but its abstract does not itemise histamine. The ingredients that could carry it are vinegar, parmesan, anchovy and fermented items.
Shown as context, not rated: a serving carries 0.05 g of trans fat, 2.4% of the WHO ceiling of 1% of energy (2.2 g of a 2,000 kcal day). This is a USDA database value for a US product (8 data points); industrial hydrogenation has been prohibited in Canada since September 2018. Ranch also carries buttermilk, so some of this is ruminant trans fat, which the database does not separate.
Better options
How we counted this
“Better” here always means better at something the row names: more of one nutrient, more nutrients per serving, or the goal you pick. It never means better in every way.
Every amount below is for the same weight, 30.4 g, the size of one serving of this food, so a swap compares like with like. A serving of another food can be bigger or smaller.
A food is listed only if it gives clearly more: at least a fifth more than this food, and at least 10% of the daily amount more.
More of what it’s good for
More omega-3: ALA
Mayonnaise1,472 mg in 30.4 g (this food: 931 mg)
Amounts as listed, not adjusted for how much gets in.
For vitamin K1: no other condiments and dressings we’ve checked give clearly more, in the same 30.4 g.
None of the 3 other condiments and dressings we could compare gives clearly more nutrients per serving.
Your goal
Your goal changes only this list, not what the food gives you or what to watch.
Losing weight: fewer calories, and more nutrients, protein and fibre for each calorie.
Sauerkraut- 6 kcal in 30.4 g (this food: 131)
- Less omega-3: ALA (10 mg vs 931 mg)
- Less vitamin K1 (3.95 µg vs 40.8 µg)
Soy sauce- 16 kcal in 30.4 g (this food: 131)
- Less omega-3: ALA (8.82 mg vs 931 mg)
- Less vitamin K1 (0 µg vs 40.8 µg)
2 foods out of the 3 other condiments and dressings we’ve checked and could compare give clearly more nutrients, protein and fibre per calorie.
None of the 3 other condiments and dressings we could compare gives clearly more protein, and more calories, per 100 g.
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The numbers
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Name in the database: Salad dressing, ranch, regular (category representative)
How the serving was set: 30 mL = 30.4 g (Health Canada TRA H.4 'Dressings for salad, dipping oil for bread (may contain vinegar or spices/herbs)', 30 mL; grams from USDA SR Legacy 173592 '1 tbsp = 15 g' and 1 US tbsp = 14.787 mL; SR's own 'serving' is 30 g, 1.4% lower)
Listed nutrients, per 100 g
For each nutrient, the value this page uses is marked “used”. A row marked “second database” is another database’s figure for a matching food, kept so you can see how far databases disagree (they can differ in the samples analysed, lab methods and rounding). Its own cells are worked out from it, but none of the page’s words or scores are.
| Nutrient | Per serving | Per 100 calories | How | Source | Grade | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omega-3: ALA | 3.064 g | 0.93 g | 0.71 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| Calcium | 28 mg | 8.51 mg | 6.51 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| 28 mg | 8.51 mg | 6.51 mg | copy of USDA · not used | Canadian Nutrient File 2026 #5330 | C | |
| Carbohydrate | 5.9 g | 1.79 g | 1.37 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Choline | 32.8 mg | 9.97 mg | 7.63 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Energy | 430 kcal | 130.72 kcal | – | FDC Energy (kcal), SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) | – |
| Omega-3: EPA + DHA | 0.004 g | 0 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Fat | 44.54 g | 13.54 g | 10.36 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Cholesterol | 26 mg | 7.9 mg | 6.05 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Fatty acids, total saturated | 7.059 g | 2.15 g | 1.64 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| Fibre | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Folate | 4 µg | 1.22 µg | 0.93 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Iron | 0.3 mg | 0.09 mg | 0.07 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Magnesium | 5 mg | 1.52 mg | 1.16 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Niacin (B3, niacin equivalents) | 0.296 mg | 0.09 mg | 0.07 mg | listed used | Canadian Nutrient File 2026 #5330 | C |
| Phosphorus | 186 mg | 56.54 mg | 43.26 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Potassium | 64 mg | 19.46 mg | 14.88 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Protein | 1.32 g | 0.4 g | 0.31 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Riboflavin (B2) | 0.116 mg | 0.04 mg | 0.03 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| Selenium | 3.5 µg | 1.06 µg | 0.81 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Sodium | 901 mg | 273.9 mg | 209.53 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Sugars | 4.69 g | 1.43 g | 1.09 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Thiamin (B1) | 0.015 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Vitamin A | 15 µg | 4.56 µg | 3.49 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Vitamin B12 | 0.17 µg | 0.05 µg | 0.04 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.013 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| Vitamin C | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Vitamin D | 0.1 µg | 0.03 µg | 0.02 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Vitamin E | 2.22 mg | 0.67 mg | 0.52 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Vitamin K1 | 134.3 µg | 40.83 µg | 31.23 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Water | 43.99 g | 13.37 g | 10.23 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| Zinc | 0.17 mg | 0.05 mg | 0.04 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per serving | Per 100 calories | How | Source | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beta-carotene | 14 µg | 4.26 µg | 3.26 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Copper | 0.019 mg | 0.01 mg | 0 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Ash | 2.409 g | 0.73 g | 0.56 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| Starch | 0.57 g | 0.17 g | 0.13 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Sucrose | 1.86 g | 0.57 g | 0.43 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Glucose | 0.78 g | 0.24 g | 0.18 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Fructose | 0.68 g | 0.21 g | 0.16 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Maltose | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Alcohol, ethyl | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Caffeine | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Theobromine | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Energy | 1,798 kj | 546.59 kj | 418.14 kj | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Galactose | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Vitamin A, IU | 69 iu | 20.98 iu | 16.05 iu | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Carotene, alpha | 0 µg | 0 µg | 0 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3), International Units | 3 iu | 0.91 iu | 0.7 iu | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) | 0 µg | 0 µg | 0 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) | 0.1 µg | 0.03 µg | 0.02 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Cryptoxanthin, beta | 1 µg | 0.3 µg | 0.23 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Lycopene | 0 µg | 0 µg | 0 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Tocopherol, beta | 0.37 mg | 0.11 mg | 0.09 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Tocopherol, gamma | 30.31 mg | 9.21 mg | 7.05 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Tocopherol, delta | 8.8 mg | 2.68 mg | 2.05 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Tocotrienol, alpha | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Tocotrienol, beta | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Tocotrienol, gamma | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Tocotrienol, delta | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Vitamin K (Dihydrophylloquinone) | 0 µg | 0 µg | 0 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Folic acid | 0 µg | 0 µg | 0 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Folate, food | 4 µg | 1.22 µg | 0.93 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Folate, DFE | 4 µg | 1.22 µg | 0.93 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Betaine | 0.4 mg | 0.12 mg | 0.09 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Hydroxyproline | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Vitamin E, added | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Vitamin B-12, added | 0 µg | 0 µg | 0 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Fatty acids, total trans | 0.172 g | 0.05 g | 0.04 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| SFA 4:0 | 0.009 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| SFA 6:0 | 0.005 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| SFA 8:0 | 0.008 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| SFA 10:0 | 0.01 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| SFA 12:0 | 0.01 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| SFA 14:0 | 0.06 g | 0.02 g | 0.01 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| SFA 16:0 | 4.599 g | 1.4 g | 1.07 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| SFA 18:0 | 1.957 g | 0.59 g | 0.46 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| SFA 20:0 | 0.145 g | 0.04 g | 0.03 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| MUFA 18:1 | 10.54 g | 3.2 g | 2.45 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| PUFA 18:2 | 22.82 g | 6.94 g | 5.31 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| PUFA 18:3 | 3.064 g | 0.93 g | 0.71 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| PUFA 20:4 | 0.011 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| PUFA 22:6 n-3 (DHA) | 0.004 g | 0 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| SFA 22:0 | 0.136 g | 0.04 g | 0.03 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| MUFA 14:1 | 0.003 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| MUFA 16:1 | 0.058 g | 0.02 g | 0.01 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| PUFA 18:4 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| MUFA 20:1 | 0.366 g | 0.11 g | 0.09 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| PUFA 20:5 n-3 (EPA) | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| MUFA 22:1 | 0.048 g | 0.01 g | 0.01 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| PUFA 22:5 n-3 (DPA) | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| TFA 14:1 t | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| Fatty acids, total monounsaturated | 11.01 g | 3.35 g | 2.56 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated | 25.93 g | 7.88 g | 6.03 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| SFA 15:0 | 0.012 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| SFA 17:0 | 0.045 g | 0.01 g | 0.01 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| SFA 24:0 | 0.047 g | 0.01 g | 0.01 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| TFA 16:1 t | 0.001 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| TFA 18:1 t | 0.025 g | 0.01 g | 0.01 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| TFA 22:1 t | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| TFA 18:2 t not further defined | 0.143 g | 0.04 g | 0.03 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| PUFA 18:2 CLAs | 0.024 g | 0.01 g | 0.01 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| MUFA 24:1 c | 0.003 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| PUFA 20:2 n-6 c,c | 0.019 g | 0.01 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| MUFA 16:1 c | 0.054 g | 0.02 g | 0.01 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| MUFA 18:1 c | 8.925 g | 2.71 g | 2.08 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| PUFA 18:2 n-6 c,c | 22.153 g | 6.73 g | 5.15 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| MUFA 22:1 c | 0.036 g | 0.01 g | 0.01 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| PUFA 18:3 n-6 c,c,c | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| MUFA 17:1 | 0.026 g | 0.01 g | 0.01 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| PUFA 20:3 | 0.004 g | 0 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Fatty acids, total trans-monoenoic | 0.028 g | 0.01 g | 0.01 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| Fatty acids, total trans-polyenoic | 0.143 g | 0.04 g | 0.03 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| MUFA 15:1 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| PUFA 22:2 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| SFA 11:0 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| PUFA 18:3 n-3 c,c,c (ALA) | 3.276 g | 1 g | 0.76 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| PUFA 20:3 n-3 | 0.001 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| PUFA 20:3 n-6 | 0.001 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| PUFA 18:3i | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| PUFA 22:4 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| PUFA 20:3 n-9 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| SFA 5:0 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| SFA 7:0 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| SFA 9:0 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| SFA 21:0 | 0.016 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| SFA 23:0 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| MUFA 12:1 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| TFA 20:1 t | 0.002 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| MUFA 22:1 n-9 | 0.008 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| MUFA 22:1 n-11 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| PUFA 18:2 c | 22.844 g | 6.94 g | 5.31 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| TFA 18:2 t | 0.143 g | 0.04 g | 0.03 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| PUFA 18:3 c | 3.064 g | 0.93 g | 0.71 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| TFA 18:3 t | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| PUFA 20:3 c | 0.002 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| PUFA 22:3 | 0.01 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| PUFA 20:5c | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| PUFA 22:5 c | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| PUFA 22:6 c | 0.003 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| PUFA 20:2 c | 0.017 g | 0.01 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #2758988 | C |
| Lactose | 1.35 g | 0.41 g | 0.31 g | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Lutein + zeaxanthin | 21 µg | 6.38 µg | 4.88 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Manganese | 0.033 mg | 0.01 mg | 0.01 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Niacin (B3, preformed) | 0.054 mg | 0.02 mg | 0.01 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Pantothenic acid (B5) | 0.272 mg | 0.08 mg | 0.06 mg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
| Retinol | 13 µg | 3.95 µg | 3.02 µg | from SR Legacy used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #173592 | C |
Change the amount to rescale the first column. Nutrients a database doesn't list are missing, not zero.
Hazard rows as the dataset rates them
- Aluminum · Nothing to watch: under the limit · No cap: EFSA's tolerable weekly intake for aluminium is 1 mg/kg body weight/week (2008), 70 mg a week for a 70 kg adult. Seven daily servings carry 253 µg, 0.36% of it, and about 58,968 g of dressing in a week would reach it, eaten alone. No adult average intake is recorded here, so only the servings' share of the limit is shown. · EFSA 2008 · B
- Cadmium · Nothing to watch: under the limit · A daily serving adds 0.34% to an average adult's cadmium intake (EFSA 2012 adult median, 1.77 µg/kg body weight/week; Canadian adults in 2007: 1.2-1.75), far from doubling it, so no cap. · Health Canada Total Diet Study, trace elements · B
- Egg allergy · Worth knowing · Flagged for people with an egg allergy: Health Canada lists 'Salad dressings, creamy dressings' among foods that contain or often contain egg. Mayonnaise-based and creamy dressings (ranch, Caesar, Thousand Island, green goddess) contain egg yolk; oil-and-vinegar dressings may not, and the ingredient list shows which a bottle is. · Health Canada 2017 · A
- Fish allergy · Worth knowing · Flagged for people with a fish allergy, mainly on dressings that contain anchovy, such as Caesar; ranch has none by composition. Health Canada's fish page lists 'Salad dressings' and sauces such as Worcestershire among foods that contain or often contain fish, but it does not name Caesar or tie anchovy to dressings. The label's ingredient list settles it. · Health Canada 2017 · A
- Glycidyl esters (glycidol) · Nothing to watch: doesn’t double average intake · No cap: glycidol has no safe threshold and is judged by margin of exposure; EFSA counts 25,000 or higher as low health concern (reference point T25 10.2 mg/kg body weight/day). A serving carries 2.32 µg of glycidol, a margin of exposure of about 308,374 on its own, and adds 11-17% to the average adult's intake of 0.2-0.3 µg/kg body weight/day (EFSA 2016, middle bound), short of doubling it. The level is derived, not measured: EFSA's mean for glycidol from esters in soya bean oil (171 µg/kg) scaled to the fat in ranch dressing, assuming soybean oil. · DOI 10.2903/j.efsa.2016.4426 · B
- Histamine · Not rated yet · Not rated: no measured histamine in a salad dressing was found, and none is estimated from an ingredient, so nothing can be set against the 50 mg per meal level. A vinegar survey gives total biogenic amines of 23.35-1,445.2 µg/L, but its abstract does not itemise histamine. The ingredients that could carry it are vinegar, parmesan, anchovy and fermented items. · PubMed 23871015
- Lead · Nothing to watch: doesn’t double average intake · No cap: a daily serving adds 0.46% to the average adult's lead intake of 35 µg/day (EFSA 2012), far from doubling it. No safe threshold is set for lead (EFSA 2010). The Health Canada Total Diet Study mean for salad dressing is 5.277 ng/g across 8 composites. FDA found low-calorie ranch at 13 ppb (3 of 3 detected; a serving would carry 0.40 µg, 1.1% of the average) and regular ranch not detected (reporting limit 4 ppb). · Health Canada Total Diet Study, trace elements · B
- 3-MCPD and its esters · Nothing to watch: under the limit · No cap: EFSA's tolerable daily intake for 3-MCPD, esters included, is 2 µg/kg body weight/day (2018). No measured ester level for a dressing was found, so this uses EFSA's own dressing model: dressings with 25-50% oil carry 35% of the oil's level, 137.9 µg/kg, and 1,015 g of dressing a day would reach the limit, eaten alone. The average adult takes in 0.2-0.7 µg/kg body weight/day (EFSA 2018), under half the limit, so a food would have to reach it on its own to matter. · DOI 10.2903/j.efsa.2016.4426 · B
- Milk allergy · Worth knowing · Flagged for people with a cow's milk allergy: Health Canada's milk page lists 'Dips and salad dressings' among foods that contain or often contain milk, and names caseinates and whey as ingredient terms to avoid. Ranch is buttermilk-based, and blue cheese, Caesar (parmesan) and creamy dressings contain milk protein. · Health Canada 2017 · A
- Nickel · Nothing to watch: under the limit · No cap: nickel is rated against EFSA's tolerable daily intake of 13 µg/kg body weight/day (2020). The average adult already takes in 22-26% of it, under half, so a food would have to reach the limit on its own to matter. The limit is 910 µg a day for a 70 kg adult; about 24,433 g a day of dressing would reach it, eaten alone, and a serving carries 1.13 µg, 0.12% of it. FDA found ranch and Italian dressing not detected (reporting limits 40 and 60 ppb). · EFSA 2020 · B
- Salmonella · Worth knowing · Flagged for homemade dressing only: Health Canada advises pasteurized egg products instead of raw eggs for foods that are not heated, such as Caesar salad dressing, and the Public Health Agency of Canada lists homemade dressings made with raw eggs among higher-risk foods. This is a handling matter, not a dose. The row is for commercial bottled dressing, which these agency pages do not address. · Health Canada 2024 · A
- Trans fats · Context · Shown as context, not rated: a serving carries 0.05 g of trans fat, 2.4% of the WHO ceiling of 1% of energy (2.2 g of a 2,000 kcal day). This is a USDA database value for a US product (8 data points); industrial hydrogenation has been prohibited in Canada since September 2018. Ranch also carries buttermilk, so some of this is ruminant trans fat, which the database does not separate. · US food database (USDA Foundation Foods) · C
- Vitamin K and warfarin · Worth knowing · Flagged for people on warfarin, as the label puts it: keep vitamin K intake consistent, not avoid. A ranch serving carries about 41 µg of vitamin K1, Italian about 17 µg, Caesar about 32 µg. The K1 comes from the soybean or canola oil; an oil-and-vinegar dressing on olive oil would carry far less. · US food database (USDA SR Legacy) · C
Oxalate, phytate and gut-tolerance measurements
- fodmap excess fructose: fructose 0.68 minus glucose 0.78 g/100 g (n = 6 each): fructose does not exceed glucose g/100 g · as sold · as sold · grade B · US food database (USDA SR Legacy)
- lactose: n = 6, range 1.0-1.96 g/100 g · as sold · as sold · grade B · US food database (USDA SR Legacy)
Sources
- Health Canada, Canadian Nutrient File 2026 (14th edition)
cnf-2026· dataset · Open Government Licence – Canada 2.0 - EFSA CONTAM Panel. Risks for human health related to the presence of 3- and 2-monochloropropanediol (MCPD), and their fatty acid esters, and glycidyl fatty acid esters in food. EFSA Journal 2016;14(5):4426 · doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2016.4426
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2016.4426· abstract only · abstract on a university repository page - EFSA AFC Panel (2008) Safety of aluminium from dietary intake. EFSA Journal 754; news release 'EFSA Advises on the Safety of Aluminium in Food' · doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2008.754
efsa-2008-aluminium· secondary source · EFSA - EFSA CONTAM Panel (2020). Update of the risk assessment of nickel in food and drinking water. EFSA Journal 18(11):6268 (PMC7643711) · doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6268 · doi.org
efsa-2020-nickel· full text read · CC BY (EFSA Journal) - USDA FoodData Central, Foundation Foods, release 2026-04-30
fdc-foundation-2026-04-30· dataset · CC0 1.0 (public domain) - USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy, 2018-04
fdc-sr-legacy-2018-04· dataset · CC0 1.0 (public domain) - Health Canada, Eggs - A priority food allergen (page details 2017-09-06)
hc-egg-allergen-2017· full text read · Government of Canada terms - Health Canada, Egg safety (page details 2024-04-11)
hc-egg-safety-2024· full text read · Government of Canada terms - Health Canada, Fish - A priority food allergen (page details 2017-09-11)
hc-fish-allergen-2017· full text read · Government of Canada terms - Health Canada, Milk - A priority food allergen (page details 2017-09-05)
hc-milk-allergen-2017· page · Government of Canada terms (Crown copyright; not OGL) - Health Canada, Canadian Total Diet Study – Trace Elements (2005–2018 composites)
hc-tds-trace-elements· dataset · Open Government Licence – Canada 2.0 - Ordóñez JL, Callejón RM, Morales ML, García-Parrilla MC. A survey of biogenic amines in vinegars. Food Chem 2013 · doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.05.087 · PMID 23871015
pmid:23871015· abstract only · licence not recorded
Body map 2026-10-25.1: each nutrient’s job comes from an agency fact sheet, linked beside it under Good for.
The plain words: “a lot” means one serving (100 g when the food has no serving size) gives at least 20% of the daily amount (the reference intake), “some” at least 10%, “a little” at least 2% (the cut-offs are ours, one set for every page: 20% and 10% are borrowed from the US labelling terms “high” and “good source” and applied to Health Canada’s daily amount, whereas Health Canada’s own shopper rule says 15%; provisional: they may change in a later method version). The daily amount is Health Canada’s Dietary Reference Intake for adults 19–30; where men and women need different amounts we use the higher one (protein: 56 g for men, 46 g for women). The percentage printed under each nutrient is the printed amount as a share of that daily amount, rounded to the nearest whole number, and the word is read from that percentage, so the amount, the percentage and the word always agree. Calcium with a measured absorption is scaled by how well it gets in compared with milk.
The scale: “Nothing to watch” means a serving a day stays under the limit at ordinary amounts; “Go easy” means a serving a day can push past the limit for adults who already take in the most, or fewer than 2 servings reach it; “Limit it” means once a week or less. The dataset’s own rating is under “How we got this”. Provisional: the scale may change in a later method version.
Measured absorption under Good for: grade-A studies in adults that tested this preparation of this food, as a share of the listed amount (the share digested, for protein), quoted once each source has passed our evidence check; animal studies and other variants stay in the table above. Provisional: this screen may change in a later method version.