I picked up a bottle of Walden Farms Fat-Free, Sugar-Free, Calorie Free Salad Dressing, in the Honey Dijon flavor.

Theres NOTHING in it as far as nutirional value:

0 carbs
0 protien
0 fat
0 CALORIES!

This stuff boggles my mind, and it actually tastes good! Is it too good to be true?

http://www.waldenfarms.com/

anyone? Is this stuff too good to be true?

I suppose it's possible. I can't say for sure, though.

Check the serving size if you are using a bottled lemon juice. If the serving is small enough, then they can claim 0 calories. Doesn't mean it's true if you use enough.

From another thread.

I've used the stuff - and its great by me! Just all good spices etc in a water base. YUM YUM

A combination of the finest aged vinegars, dozens of fresh ground spices,
concentrated natural flavors and ice cold purified triple filtered water.
They didnt mention what oil, so they are probably using a canola oil or vegetable oil. And they are probably using hydrogenated oils.
We make our own salad dreesing from Extra virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar and a little packet of spices.

Theres no oil in it.

wouldn't it show up a calorie? Theres 0 in the stuff.

It's going to be a play on portion sizes. If something is under a set amount for a serving size, they can claim trace or zero on the label. There's rules for these things, like "fat free" is actually under 1% fat, "virtually fat free" is something like under 3%, "low fat" only has to be 25% less than that product normally has.

It is definatly not cal free, tho it is probably very low, does it not list the 100g values as well as serving sugestion ones?

I'll check it tonight, and post more info on serving size, etc...

The bottle does note that it contains a trace amount of calories. However, if you simply use a normal serving size -- and don't dump half the bottle on there -- I don't think it should be a problem.

I'm sure it is very low amounts, but if someone is counting everything they need to count EVERYTHING.

For every person that has a serving a day and can ignore that much there will be someone who reads "zero cals" and drowns everything they eat in it every single meal, becuase "it's zero cals right?", giving them an extra 10, 50, 100 or more cals a day :)

yep this stuff rocks, of course i've only tried the ranch and italian but it tastes like its got the calories. the only thing maybe to be careful with is it does have alot of sodium in it.

This stuff boggles my mind, and it actually tastes good! Is it too good to be true?


It does sound good...

I've gotten used to (and actually quite enjoy) plain balsamic vinegar.

1tsp serving has:

13 Cal
0 Protein
3.4 Carb (all natural sugars)
0 Fat

I even slice up cucumbers and dunk them in...tasty. :drool:

Ken

The serving size is 2 TABLESPOONS.

The reason is shows no calories is because the most abundant ingredient is triple filtered water, then white vinager. The rest consist of mostly spices. This is exellent stuff. I use it daily, and usually add a Tbsp. of flax oil.

i dont really count any spices i use on my chicken, cos its all under 50cal's at the most, and i really like alot of flavor on my chicken!
as long as it doesnt have alot of fat in it, i dont think it matters as long as you mix it with some low-GI vegies and protein