{"id":1771850,"date":"2022-05-25T07:07:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T12:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/?post_type=listicle&p=1771850"},"modified":"2025-04-01T01:16:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T06:16:38","slug":"best-italian-dressing-brands","status":"publish","type":"listicle","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/collection\/best-italian-dressing-brands\/","title":{"rendered":"We Tried 10 Brands to Find the Best Italian Dressing"},"content":{"rendered":"[SINGLE_AFFILIATE_PRODUCT superlative=\"Fan Favorite Italian Dressing\" product_name=\"Olive Garden Signature Italian Dressing\" image=\"1774961\" image_credit=\"via merchant\" pr_name=\"Walmart\" pr_url=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com?id=131817X1598243&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fip%2FOlive-Garden-Signature-Italian-Dressing-Bottle-16-Fl-Oz%2F32231083\" pr_display_text=\"Shop on Walmart\" \/]\r\n\r\nNo one is immune to their all-you-can-eat soup, salad and breadsticks combo<\/a> at the Olive Garden. With Olive Garden Signature Italian Dressing<\/strong><\/a>, you can re-create that meal right at home\u2014we even have a copycat breadstick recipe<\/a> for you.\r\n\r\nSo what makes this dressing something our Test Kitchen and Olive Garden fanatics both rave about? Well, it would have to be the right balance of flavors here. Mark Neufang<\/a> in the Test Kitchen says that this brand has a \"zesty, bold flavor that's nicely balanced\u2014there's even a bit of Parmesan in it!\"\r\n\r\nOverall, this dressing just hits all the marks when it comes to flavor and convenience. This dressing stays nicely emulsified so you don't have to do a full arm workout to get the oil and vinegar to mesh. This brand can go from bottle to dish without all the shaking.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[SINGLE_AFFILIATE_PRODUCT superlative=\"Best Homestyle Italian Dressing\" product_name=\"Primal Kitchen Italian Vinaigrette with Avocado Oil\" image=\"1774966\" image_credit=\"via merchant\" pr_name=\"Target\" pr_url=\"https:\/\/goto.target.com\/kj2093\" pr_display_text=\"Shop on Target\" \/]\r\n\r\nWith\u00a0Primal Kitchen Italian Vinaigrette<\/strong><\/a>, we bet at least a few happy dinner guests will be asking if the dressing is homemade.\r\n\r\nJust like a dressing made from scratch, this Italian vinaigrette will need a good shake before serving. Once blended, you'll be so pleased with the flavor: the right amount of oil, just enough vinegar to give some brightness and plenty of herbs and spices mixed throughout. According to the Test Kitchen's Ellie Crowley<\/a>, \"this one provides a pretty big punch of flavor.\"\r\n\r\nAnd these flavors and pitch-perfect mix of oil and vinegar have the rest of the Test Kitchen raving as well, likening this dressing to a vinaigrette<\/a> you'd whip up before dinner.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[SINGLE_AFFILIATE_PRODUCT superlative=\"Best Steakhouse-Style Italian Dressing\" product_name=\"Girard's Olde Venice Italian Salad Dressing\" image=\"1774975\" image_credit=\"via merchant\" pr_name=\"Amazon\" pr_url=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Girards-Olde-Venice-Italian-Dressing\/dp\/B000WHS9VI?tag=tohmke-20\" pr_display_text=\"Shop on Amazon\" \/]\r\n\r\nThere's something about visiting a steakhouse<\/a>. Everything from the soups<\/a> to the starters to the salads seems just a bit richer and more special. When our Test Kitchen thinks of steakhouse salads, that means plenty of leafy greens covered in a distinct dressing like\u00a0Girard's Olde Venice Italian Salad Dressing<\/a><\/strong>.\r\n\r\nThis pale and golden dressing has a great balance of olive oil and vinegar but goes way beyond these vinaigrette basics. According to Mark<\/a>, \"This one has a brightness to it and even a bit of butteriness!\"\r\n\r\nThat's right\u2014Girard's dressing manages to even make salad a bit more of an indulgent dish with that buttery flavor, cracked black pepper, plenty of garlic and even a hint of parm inside the bottle.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[SINGLE_AFFILIATE_PRODUCT superlative=\"Best Italian Dressing for Pasta Salads\" product_name=\"Kraft Zesty Italian Dressing\" image=\"1774979\" image_credit=\"via merchant\" pr_name=\"Walmart\" pr_url=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com?id=131817X1598243&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fip%2FKraft-Zesty-Italian-Salad-Dressing-16-fl-oz-Bottle%2F10295687\" pr_display_text=\"Shop on Walmart\" \/]\r\n\r\nItalian dressing is a must for making the cold pasta salads<\/a> that accompany picnics and potlucks. The best dressing for these recipes, according to our Test Kitchen, is\u00a0Kraft Zesty Italian Dressing<\/strong><\/a>.\r\n\r\nOpening up a bottle, you'll find it's a classic grocery store-style Italian dressing. It's translucent with a good balance of oil and vinegar. You'll find plenty of herbs suspended in this salad dressing and even a few red pepper flakes which give this dressing \"a tangy kick,\" according to\u00a0Maggie Knoebel<\/a> in the Test Kitchen.\r\n\r\nThis dressing has a thinner consistency compared to other versions our team tried, but that makes Kraft Zesty Italian Dressing ideal for tossing together pasta salads and even marinading foods like pork<\/a>, turkey<\/a> and mushrooms<\/a>.\r\n\r\n[dam-video dam-id=\"49501\"]\r\n

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How We Tested Italian Salad Dressings<\/h2>\r\nJust like any of our taste tests<\/a>, our team of kitchen pros<\/a> sampled each Italian dressing blindly. This is to avoid any sort of biases testers may have (hey, we all have our favorites!).\r\n\r\nTen different dressings were judged according to these criteria:\r\n