 Heinz Salad Cream | |
| Type | Salad dressing, also used as asauce |
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| Place of origin | United Kingdom[1][2] |
| Created by | Heinz |
| Main ingredients | Oil, water,egg yolks, spiritvinegar |
Salad cream is a creamy, pale yellowcondiment based on anemulsion of about 25–50 percentoil in water, emulsified byegg yolk and made slightly acidic by spiritvinegar. It is somewhat similar in composition tomayonnaise, but mayonnaise is made with oil as its main constituent whereas salad cream is based on vinegar and water. Both salad cream and mayonnaise usually include other ingredients such assugar,mustard,salt,thickener,spices,flavouring andcolouring, if bought in store, not made after the classic French way.[3] The first ready-made commercial product was introduced in the United Kingdom in 1914,[1] where it is used as asalad dressing and asandwich spread.
Historically, salad cream, often mentioned in Victorian sources, consisted of "hard-boiled eggs puréed with cream, mustard, salt and vinegar".[4]
In the UK, it has been produced by companies includingH. J. Heinz Company andCrosse & Blackwell. Heinz Salad Cream was the first Heinz brand developed exclusively for the UK market. When first created in theHarlesden kitchens of Heinz in 1914, it was prepared by hand. The jars were packed in straw-lined barrels with 12 dozen in each. The quota was 180 dozen jars a day, with a halfpenny a dozen bonus if the workforce could beat the target.[5]
In the 1990s, Heinz was considering discontinuing the brand. The BBC described the public response as an "outcry". Heinz relaunched salad cream a few months later with a £10m advertising campaign, redesigned packs and increased price points.[6][7]
In 2017, Salad Cream was the fifth best-selling table sauce in the UK according to data fromNielsen, with sales of £28.8m.[7]
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