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Shelf life

Does anyone know if salad cream lasts noticeably longer than plain mayonnaise and for what reason this might be? My grandmother has always kept open salad cream bottles out of the fridge, and they seem to last for ages. However, I'm sure mayonnaise would go off in less than 24 hours. Could it be the vinegar maybe? If anyone can confirm that it lasts longer and give an explanation I wouldn't mind adding it to the article. Daniel Medina 08:02, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Haven't got a bottle to hand, but I'm pretty sure there's no egg in the recipe; maybe that's why?79.66.189.112 (talk) 00:56, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Marketing Ploy(?) to discontinue salad cream?

At [1] I ran into the following quote: "rumoured demise of salad cream" and thought it might be worth adding to the article. However, this was the closest I got to a WP:RS on the subject. Search engines produced any number of message board mentions, such as: [2] [3] [4] [5] (search for "salad cream" in those pages as needed). But has anyone documented this (at a minimum, what year this alleged announcement took place)? Has it made it to any of the urban legends web sites, or any similar researcher of folklore, the history of business, etc? Kingdon 19:46, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

U.S. Nutritional Information ?

Can anyone provide accurate United States nutritional information for both the Salad Cream and Salad Cream Light products? I contacted the U.S. consumer help line, (800)255-5750, however as it is not distributed in the U.S. they could not help me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.104.63.94 (talk) 18:51, 11 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use image?

Could we include an image? Would the one here constitute fair use? http://www.heinz.co.uk/products/heinz_salad_cream.aspx samwaltz (talk) 19:28, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Found and added such an image. Geoff ^T ^C 20:54, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Miracle Whip

Is Miracle Whip dressing considered a salad cream, or at least close enough to merit a mention in the article? --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 15:34, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you're in the US, the product that comes closest to Heinz Salad Cream, for taste at least, is Marzetti Slaw Dressing; Miracle Whip doesn't even come close. I think the question is, "Is Heinz Salad Cream considered to be a salad dressing like Miracle Whip/Best/Hellmann's, et cetera?" Radiopathy •talk• 00:26, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mayonnaise is not considered salad dressing in the US. Miracle Whip is labeled as such. I can't imagine that salad cream is that hard to find in the US as it is available (Heinz) at the local supermarket in Fairbanks, Alaska where we have fewer products than most of the lower 48.--Weetoddid (talk) 06:50, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mayonnaise is not "considered salad dressing" because it is a more specific product with a more constrained standard of identity: the mayonnaise-like products labeled "salad dressing" are called that because they don't meet the labeling standards of official mayonnaise, not because there's any substantial difference in how the product is used. In my experience, Americans use "salad dressing" much more like mayonnaise than like salad dressing. Spark240 (talk) 13:06, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Through my letter box...

I've just consumed a free sample sachet of Heinz Salad Cream, and I must admit that it was really rather good! Keep up the good work...!

82.5.68.95 (talk) 05:09, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]