Brianna's Classic Buttermilk Ranch is the perfect balance between a ranch for your salad and a ranch for dipping your veggies, pizza, and grilled cheese in. Ken's steakhouse But the buttermilk ranch packet made with mayo and buttermilk is amazing as well. Ranch dressing is, quite surprisingly, one of the most divisive foods in America. 1. The dressings judged to taste the least like traditional ranch were the ones that came in fancy bottles or with organic labels. They don’t necessarily want the best-tasting, but the most familiar. The Whole Foods store brand is thick and creamy as expected, but also bright and tart, with a pronounced dill flavor. I love ranch as a dipping sauce when I get it at restaurants. If you're splurging out on grocery store grounds, I recommend Green Mountain. Dare I say, this tastes like everything you wish that homemade ranch would be. You mix the stuff yourself, let it sit in the fridge for a while, and it tastes exactly like restaurant ranch. $4.99 for 8.36 ounces at … 120 calories,13 g fat, 220 mg sodium. This has been true for several brands but I usually stick with Hidden Valley. I could just be imagining this, but it seems pretty consistent. A restaurant I worked at used Ben E. Keith ranch packs and we made it with buttermilk and it was the flavor I believe you are looking for, but I do not believe they sell it for non commercial use. The last one we tasted turned out to be one of the best in the bunch. Litehouse Homestyle Ranch almost usurped Hidden Valley as our house salad dressing, because it is super flavorful without much sweetness. Unless you're going low-fat, regular ranch at most restaurants is a flavor packet mixed with water and a gallon of mayonnaise. If you want it made already. They couldn’t do it. This horrifying concoction of oil and strange starches tastes so rancid, it requires a run to the sink — and a toothbrush. If you'd like an at-home version of a chain coffee store, I'd pick Dunkin' Donuts over Starbucks. NCSUam0s All American Tease 2327 Posts user info edit post: I'm super picky about ranch, and Marzetti is by far the best store-bought ranch. This refrigerator-section ranch really does taste fresh and has a very herb-forward flavor and appearance. Kraft spent years trying to duplicate the taste of the real Hidden Valley Ranch* dressing. But whenever I buy ranch for home use it tastes kind of terrible. Some swear by it as a wing sauce; some only use blue cheese. Ha! I’m the exact same way. Some people can’t eat a slice of pizza without it; some shun those who do. A runner up for the best grocery store coffee is New England Coffee, a good cup of coffee that won't cost you more than $10 for a bag. 12/14/2012 9:21:19 AM. Like, extra acidic, sort of cloying, plastic-y. ... almost like chicken broth. Hidden Valley Ranch tastes nothing like restaurant style even if you make the buttermilk version. Litehouse Homestyle Ranch Despite its versatility, it can have an overwhelming taste depending on your mood, which forces this ranch to take second place in this ranking. You can make your own at home, or if you don’t want to do that, I suggest buying the powdered packets of ranch. Here’s an example of a food, much like ketchup, where our tasters preferred a store-bought version than one made at home from scratch.