Salad Dressing Guide: CKD Ratings for the Dressing Aisle

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What to know about CKD and salad dressing

The dressing aisle is a sodium wall with a few doors: the database rates ranch at 897-1,120 mg sodium across its fat tiers (fat-free is not sodium-free — it is 897 mg), regular Italian runs 993 mg, and the creamy sour-cream builds sit at 833-932 mg. The doors are the no-salt-added Italian rows at 30 mg and the oil-and-vinegar shelf, where distilled vinegar carries 2 mg potassium and olive oil carries 1 mg.

Building the dressing decision

The practical pattern: a homemade oil-and-vinegar base (olive oil plus distilled or balsamic vinegar — the balsamic rows rate 112 mg potassium, still friendly) puts the sodium decision back at the salt shaker; the commercial no-salt-added rows are the aisle's only sub-50 mg builds; and the ranch/creamy tier is a measured-tablespoon food, not a pour.

Ratings for salad dressing kidney disease

Kidney-friendlyVinegar, distilledK 2 · P 4 · Na 2 mgKidney-friendlySalad dressing, home recipe, vinegar and oilK 8 · P 0 · Na 1 mgKidney-friendlyMayonnaise, low sodium, low calorie or dietK 10 · P 0 · Na 110 mgKidney-friendlySalad dressing, sweet and sourK 33 · P 3 · Na 208 mgKidney-friendlyVinegar, red wineK 39 · P 8 · Na 8 mgKidney-friendlySalad dressing, italian dressing, commercial, regular, without saltK 48 · P 9 · Na 30 mgKidney-friendlySalad dressing, mayonnaise, soybean oil, without saltK 34 · P 28 · Na 30 mgKidney-friendlyVinegar, ciderK 73 · P 8 · Na 5 mgKidney-friendlySalad dressing, french dressing, commercial, regular, without saltK 67 · P 19 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlySalad dressing, italian dressing, reduced fat, without saltK 85 · P 11 · Na 30 mgKidney-friendlySalad dressing, french dressing, reduced fat, without saltK 107 · P 16 · Na 30 mgKidney-friendlyVinegar, balsamicK 112 · P 19 · Na 23 mgKidney-friendlySour cream, imitation, culturedK 161 · P 45 · Na 102 mgKidney-friendlySour cream, fat freeK 129 · P 95 · Na 141 mgKidney-friendlySour cream, lightK 212 · P 71 · Na 83 mgKidney-friendlySour cream, reduced fatK 211 · P 85 · Na 70 mgKidney-friendlyFast foods, hamburger; double, large patty; with condiments, vegetables and mayonnaiseK 192 · P 111 · Na 289 mgModerateSalad dressing, mayonnaise, imitation, soybeanK 10 · P 0 · Na 497 mgModerateSalad dressing, mayonnaise, imitation, soybean without cholesterolK 10 · P 0 · Na 353 mgModerateMayonnaise dressing, no cholesterolK 14 · P 25 · Na 486 mg

Practical tips

• Fat-free on the label does not touch the sodium column — the fat-free ranch row still runs 897 mg.
• Keep a bottle of olive oil and distilled vinegar at the desk lunch station; the two-ingredient build rates 3 mg combined.
• The no-salt-added Italian rows (about 30 mg) are the aisle's friendly exception — worth the shelf hunt.

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