WHICH BLUE CHEESE DRESSINGS ARE CLOSEST TO HOMEMADE?
BLUE CHEESE DRESSING — CLOSEST TO HOMEMADE
Updated June 2026
Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing consists of Blue Cheese, Buttermilk, Sour Cream, Mayonnaise, Lemon, Salt, Black Pepper and possibly Garlic Powder.
Unfortunately, the majority of manufactured Blue Cheese Dressings contain ingredients we would never use at home to make Blue Cheese Dressing >> they are Far From Homemade. Following is a break down of these Not In Kitchen ingredients:
SOYBEAN OIL
ADDED SUGAR
CHEMICAL PRESERVATIVES
ARTIFICIAL COLOR
MARZETTI: Here’s a closer look at Marzetti Blue Cheese Dressings owned by Lancaster Colony Corporation. (Source: Lancaster Colony Corporation Marzetti Website 6/26)
KEN’S: Following is a comparison of privately-owned Ken’s Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing for grocery stores vs. Bleu Cheese for food service; they both contain Soybean Oil as the first ingredient. The grocery store version — below left — contains two Chemical Preservatives banned at Whole Foods. (Sources: Ken’s Website 6/26; Ken’s Foodservice Website 6/26; Amazon Whole Foods Website 6/26)
The good news is we found two Blue Cheese Dressings whose ingredients are closest to those we would use at home from Pigtale Twist and Appalachian Naturals.
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