Lite ranch

Breakdown

6 ingredients to avoid

Hidden Valley Lite ranch scores 15/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

Hidden Valley Lite ranch lists 27 ingredients, starting with Water, Vegetable Oils (Soybean and/Or Canola), Cultured Buttermilk, Distilled Vinegar and Maltodextrin. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 15/100 Hidden Valley Lite ranch scores worse than most salad dressings we have scored. A higher-scoring option in salad dressings is Primal Kitchen Ranch Avocado Oil Dressing & Marinade 8 fl oz at 86/100.