Salad cream facts for kids
Heinz Salad Cream
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| Type | Salad dressing, also used as a sauce |
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| Place of origin | United Kingdom |
| Created by | Heinz |
| Main ingredients | Oil, water, egg yolks, spirit vinegar |
Salad cream is a yummy, creamy sauce that's light yellow. It's made by mixing oil, water, egg yolks, and vinegar. This mix creates a smooth, creamy texture. It's a bit like mayonnaise, but salad cream uses more vinegar and water, while mayonnaise uses more oil. Both often have sugar, mustard, salt, and other yummy spices and flavourings.
The first ready-made salad cream was sold in the United Kingdom in 1914. People use it as a salad dressing or spread it on sandwiches. Long ago, in Victorian times, salad cream was often made at home. It used mashed hard-boiled eggs mixed with cream, mustard, salt, and vinegar.
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Popular Salad Cream Brands
In the UK, many companies have made salad cream. Two well-known ones are H. J. Heinz Company and Crosse & Blackwell.
Heinz Salad Cream History
Heinz Salad Cream was the first product Heinz made just for the UK. It was first created in 1914 in the Heinz kitchens in Harlesden. Back then, workers made it by hand. Jars were packed carefully into barrels. Workers aimed to make 180 dozen jars each day. They even got a bonus if they made more!
Saving a Favorite Sauce
In the 1990s, Heinz thought about stopping making salad cream. But people in the UK loved it so much! The BBC even said there was a big "outcry" from the public. Because of this, Heinz decided to keep making it. They relaunched salad cream a few months later. They spent a lot of money on advertising and gave the jars a new look.
How Popular is Salad Cream?
Salad cream is still very popular today. In 2017, it was the fifth best-selling table sauce in the UK. People bought £28.8 million worth of it that year! This shows how much people enjoy this creamy sauce.
More Sauces to Explore
- List of sauces
- Miracle Whip, a similar sauce from North America
See also
In Spanish: Crema de ensaladas para niños
