Before even reading this article you probably already know that the number of ranch dressing brands is quite large. It is, after all, the most popular salad dressing in the United States. Essentially, if you manufacture salad dressing, ranch is typically a must to meet the demand of customers.
Below is a big list of ranch dressing brands to help you find a new ranch to try or learn about the ones you already know. Please vote for your favorite brand of ranch dressing at the end of this article. We would love to learn what readers think is best!
This one of the most popular and favorite ranch dressing brands available. In fact, the creator of Hidden Valley, Steve Henson, invented ranch dressing that he first served at his dude ranch near Santa Barbara.
Guests of the dude ranch fell in love with Henson’s dressing and wanted it for home use. A mail-order business was eventually developed and in the 1980s the first bottles of Hidden Valley were created.
Today, there are numerous Hidden Valley products. Too many to list here such as dipping sauces, Greek yogurt dressings, seasoning mixes, and breading prep kits. However, some of the popular Hidden Valley Ranch products are:
Wish-Bone started as a restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri called “The Wish-Bone”. The owner, Phillip Sollomi, opened the restaurant after returning home from World War II in 1945. As the business thrived, Sollomi introduced an Italian dressing made from his mother’s recipe from Sicily.
As you likely guessed, customers went crazy for this recipe. Sololomi began making it in bulk and bottling it for customers. His business was sold to Lipton in 1957 and it later went on to develop other dressings. Today, Wish-Bone is owned by Conagra Brands who also own other familiar brands such as Duncan Hines, Slim Jim, Hunt’s, and Vlasic.
Ken’s is a family-owned company that specializes in producing sauces, marinades, and salad dressings. Similar to the story of Wish-Bone, Ken’s began as a restaurant called “Ken’s Steak House”.
The restaurant was started in 1941 by Ken and Florence Hanna in Framingham, Massachusetts. The dressings became popular and demand developed for them to be bottled for at-home use. The founders agreed to license the Ken’s Steak House name in 1958 and the dressing began to be bottled and sold.
Today, the company makes over 60 dressings. Ken’s makes the following ranch dressing products:
Newman’s Own is unique for a food company in that 100% of its profits go to charity. The charity operates through the Newman’s Own Foundation and has given over 22,000 grants since 1999 that have totaled over $550 million.
Newman’s Own salad dressing was one of the initial products in 1982 and soon was a success with customers. The success of the dressing allowed Newman’s to branch out into other products through the years such as lemonade, salsa, microwave popcorn, and frozen pizza.
The company was started by Teresa Marzetti way back in 1896. She opened an Italian restaurant in Columbus, Ohio that eventually became known for its salad dressing. The salad dressing was loved so much by customers that in 1955 a section of the restaurant began to be used for the production of the dressing to be sold at grocery stores. Marzetti’s restaurant closed in the 1970s but the dressing business lives on.
Today, Marzetti has several product categories such as croutons, caramel dips, fruit dips, and dressings. The ranch dressing products made by the company are:
Litehouse is another salad dressing brand that was first established in a restaurant. Edward and Lorena Hawkins purchased a restaurant in 1958 called Hurschell’s Lighthouse in Hope, Idaho. Customers enjoyed the dressings served at the restaurant so much that they would bring it home in jars, according to the Litehouse website. The couple began jarring and selling the dressing to stores in 1963
Litehouse’s products currently include dressings, dips, herbs, cheese, and drinks. The ranch dressing products sold by the company include:
Most readers are likely familiar with the Olive Garden restaurant chain. It is known for its Italian-American dishes with its salads being a big favorite of customers. A few years ago, Olive Garden released a line of dressings in grocery stores to capitalize on the success of the restaurant salads.
Marzetti (featured above) makes Olive Garden dressings that are sold to retailers. These products include Italian and ranch dressings.
Bolthouse Farms is based out of Bakersfield, California. One of its original products was carrots, which the company focused heavily on producing starting in the late 1930s. While carrots are still a primary product of Bolthouse, they make a large assortment of other items today. Some of these products include fruit juice, cafe beverages, and, of course, dressings.
Bolthouse Farms ranch dressing products are as follows:
Kraft needs no introduction. Next Hidden Valley, it may be one of the most recognized ranch dressing brands in grocery stores. Kraft certainly is not the best ranch dressing out there, but it is a good value pick considering taste and price.
The company makes several varieties of ranch dressing. These products are:
Healthy Choice is a brand of Conagra Foods that was launched in the 1980s after the CEO of the company had a heart attack. This eye-opening event influenced the company to take action to produce healthy frozen food options under the Healthy Choice name.
Today, the company makes frozen meals, soups, wraps, and dressings based on FDA guidelines for labeled “healthy” foods. Healthy Choice makes a creamy ranch made with the notable ingredients of cauliflower puree, buttermilk, and sunflower oil.
Brianna’s salad dressings were first sold under this name in 1992. However, the company began as the Del Sol Food Company in 1982 based out of Austin, Texas. Production at first was small. So small that it could be done out of the family kitchen. It’s fair to say that Brianna’s has grown quite significantly since the early days.
Many ranch dressing brands or products do add a significant amount of calories to a diet if used liberally. However, Walden Farms salad dressings are calorie-free, fat-free, carb-free, sugar-free, and gluten-free. The company has been making healthy specialty foods since 1972 with salad dressings being one of its first products.
Drew’s was launched in 1995 by a chef named Drew. The products are made in the beautiful state of Vermont using organic ingredients that are non-GMO and gluten-free. Drew’s specializes in manufacturing dressing and salsas in small batches.
The company’s ranch products are as follows:
Creamy Ranch
Chipotle Ranch
For readers in Canada, the company does make the above two ranch dressings for the Canadian market.
Sir Kensington’s is a relatively new player in the condiment/dressing market being created in 2008. The company makes a small assortment of products including ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, vegan mayo mustard, sauces, and dressings. This New York City company was acquired by Unilever in 2017 but remains independently managed.
Sir Kensington’s ranch dressings are made with 100% sunflower or avocado oil. Many of the ingredients are organic including the humane free-range egg yolks used in all ranch dressings. Al dressings listed below are non-GMO and dairy-free.
Annie’s has become one of the more popular organic companies in the United States. If you have kids or are a kid at heart, you may be familiar with their tasty mac & cheese, fruit snacks, cookies, and other related products. They also produce several dressings, many of which are organic and/or vegan. The company is currently owned by General Mills, which means you shouldn’t have much difficulty finding their brand of ranch or other products.
Skinnygirl salad dressings were launched in 2015 as a result of a partnership between B&G Foods and businesswoman Bethenny Frankel who created the Skinnygirl brand. B&G is the company behind other popular brands such as Spice Islands, Ortega, and Back to Nature. The dressings are fat-free, sugar-free, and contain a maximum of 10 calories per 2 tablespoon serving.
Daiya is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, and was created in 2008. The company specializes in making dairy-free and plant-based foods. The company’s food portfolio has grown through the years to include favorites like burritos, cream cheeze, dairy-free yogurt, and dairy-free dressings.
All dressings made by Daiya do not contain eggs, dairy, gluten, or soy. The ingredients are plant-based with the company’s only ranch product being a Homestyle Ranch.
The inspiration for Teesemae’s came about after a mother, Tesse, was trying to get her children to eat their vegetables. She added her homemade, all-natural dressing to the veggies and the kids loved it. When the children were older, they developed a salad dressing line with Tesse as a partner. Tessemae’s has since become a favorite dressing found in numerous households around the world.
Organicville is a 100% employee-owned business and a brand of Litehouse Company who was featured above. Organicville was started in 2004 when organic dressing options were minimal in most stores. The company did its part to satisfy the demand for organic dressings by using old family recipes to establish the brand.
Today, Organicville makes a non-dairy ranch dressing that is certified organic, vegan, gluten-free, and non-GMO. It is also Whole 30 approved.
Primal Kitchen was started by Mark Sisson. You may know Mark from his popular website called Mark’s Daily Apple focused on nutrition (Keto), fitness, and health or his best-selling book titled The Primal Blueprint. His brand, Primal Kitchen, was launched roughly five years ago, which is based on clean eating/concepts of paleo. The brand was sold to Kraft Heinz in 2019.
Primal Kitchen produces the following ranch dressing products:
Organicgirl started in 2007 making high-quality greens that customers grew to love. In 2013, they began producing organic dressings that were a perfect match for the greens. The company is based in the Salinas Valley in California, which is known for being one of the agricultural hot spots in the world for growing lettuce and related crops.
Organicgirl makes a white cheddar ranch that uses aged sharp white cheddar and green onions for its signature ingredients.
From the beginning, Toby’s focused on simple ingredients to make its food. They have always had a commitment to use real ingredients that have been sourced locally. So, when you eat one of their ranch dressings you know the ingredients such as the buttermilk and eggs are fresh as possible when packaged. The ranch products are made with no preservatives or fake stabilizers.
Field + Farmer began as a farm called Farm Here where they grew produce for Chicago and the surrounding area. The farm eventually developed a salad dressing from leftover basil to minimize waste. The salad dressing was a success, which was a catalyst to make additional plant-based products based on a clean-label.
The following ranch dressings are made by Field + Farmer:
Prior to starting The New Primal in 2012, the founder, Jason Burke made his own grass-fed beef jerky that he took to work to snack on. His co-workers liked what they saw and smelled with this jerky. Requests came in to order the jerky and The New Primal was born.
The company has since expanded to other food categories such as sauces, marinades, seasonings, condiments, and dressings. The dressing is called Noble Made By The New Primal.
The company makes the following ranch dressings that are Whole30 approved using cage-free eggs and avocado oil.
Follow Your Heart is best known for its Vegenaise, which is the original vegan mayo. This mayo was developed in the Follow Your Heart Cafe in Southern California during the 1970s.
Today, the company produces over 60 products, which are sold at approximately 25,000 retail stores. Of course, some of these products are ranch dressings that are vegan.
Follow Your Heart makes the following ranch dressings:
The company’s focus is on the use of avocado in its products. Their classic ranch is made with 100% pure avocado oil, organic buttermilk, vinegar, dijon mustard, and lemon juice as its primary ingredients. They also make a chipotle ranch.
Chef Sharone Hakman appeared on the popular Fox cooking show, MasterChef where he was one of the finalists on the first season. His success through the show helped inspire him to create the now successful line of cooking sauces, BBQ sauces, and dressings known as Hak’s.
Hak’s produces the following ranch dressings:
Organic Buttermilk Ranch
Organic Plant-Based Ranch
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Final Thoughts
While the list above certainly does not reflect every ranch dressing brand available, it does provide many of the popular names you will see on grocery store shelves. Hopefully, this list helped you find a new ranch to try or you at least learned a little about the brands that are out there.
