Follow Your Heart Vegan Salad Dressings include Bleu Cheese, Ranch & Caesar

Updated in 2021! Back before “vegan” was the new “vegetarian” there was Follow Your Heart. Four friends opened up shop in 1970, serving popular cafe food in their all-vegetarian restaurant and market. Fast forward 50 years, and Follow Your Heart is a leading vegan brand that push the limits of dairy substitutes. In fact, they actually made my husband say, “wow, that really tastes like blue cheese!” when we taste-tested the creamy line of Follow Your Heart Vegan Salad Dressings.

Follow Your Heart Vegan Salad Dressings include Dairy-Free Bleu Cheese, Ranch & More

Over the past decade, Follow Your Heart has amassed a collection of fifteen vegan salad dressings. They cover every dairy-free, egg-free, and gluten-free need. But of course, we were eyeing the creamy varieties first.

We haven’t tried every variety – not even close. But I’ve included our tasting notes below for the ones we have sampled. Please leave your own unbiased rating and review below if you buy and try any Follow Your Heart Vegan Salad Dressings.

Bleu Cheese

I really enjoyed this incredibly thick and creamy condiment! It has a pleasantly pungent flavor that complimented and elevated almost every dish we paired it with – even beyond salads. My palate isn’t very familiar with traditional blue cheese, but Tony really was stunned by the authentic flavor.

Ingredients: vegenaise (expeller-pressed canola oil, filtered water, brown rice syrup, apple cider vinegar, soy protein, sea salt, mustard flour, lemon juice concentrate), filtered water, apple cider vinegar, expeller-pressed canola oil, sea salt, cold-pressed flaxseed oil, cold-pressed hemp seed oil, lemon juice concentrate, spices, mustard flour, xanthan gum, natural flavor, garlic. contains: soy.*

Nutrition (per 2 tablespoons): 150 calories, 15g fat, 1g carbs, 0g fiber, 0g sugars (includes 0g added sugars), 1g protein.*

Organic Caesar

Ingredients: filtered water, expeller-pressed canola oil*, worcestershire sauce* [apple cider vinegar*, filtered water, molasses*, gluten-free tamari soy sauce* (water, soybeans*, salt, alcohol*), agave syrup*, onion*, tamarind paste*, sea salt, garlic*, cayenne pepper*, spice*], vegenaise®* (expeller-pressed canola oil*, filtered water, brown rice syrup*, apple cider vinegar*, soymilk powder* (soybeans*), sea salt, mustard flour*, lemon juice concentrate*), white vinegar*, garlic*, sea salt, lemon juice concentrate*, black pepper*, dijon mustard* (apple cider vinegar*, water, mustard seed*, salt, spices*), xanthan gum. *certified organic. contains: soy.*

Nutrition (per 2 tablespoons): 70 calories, 7g fat, 1g carbs, 0g fiber, 0g sugars (includes 0g added sugars), 1g protein.*

Creamy Garlic

Ingredients: filtered water, expeller-pressed canola oil, vegenaise® (expeller-pressed canola oil, filtered water, brown rice syrup, apple cider vinegar, soy protein, sea salt, mustard flour, lemon juice concentrate), white wine vinegar, garlic, sea salt, brown rice syrup, mustard flour, spices, xanthan gum. contains: soy.*

Nutrition (per 2 tablespoons): 140 calories, 14g fat, 1g carbs, 0g fiber, 0g sugars (includes 0g added sugars), 1g protein.*

Ranch

I never thought my only complaint would be that it’s too thick, but this ranch was so dense and creamy that it wouldn’t pour from the bottle! Once we got things moving and thinned it out a bit, we enjoyed this dressing immensely. Overall, it really does have traditional ranch dressing flare.

Ingredients: vegenaise (expeller-pressed canola oil, filtered water, brown rice syrup, apple cider vinegar, soy protein, sea salt, mustard flour, lemon juice concentrate), filtered water, apple cider vinegar, olive oil, shelled hemp seeds, cold-pressed flaxseed oil, lemon juice concentrate, cold-pressed hemp seed oil, spices, mustard flour, xanthan gum, sea salt, natural flavor (plant source), garlic. contains: soy.*

Nutrition (per 2 tablespoons): 150 calories, 15g fat, 1g carbs, 0g fiber, 0g sugars (includes 0g added sugars), 1g protein.*

Reduced Fat Ranch

Ingredients: reduced fat vegenaise (filtered water, expeller-pressed high-oleic safflower oil, brown rice syrup, apple cider vinegar, tapioca starch, olive oil, organic soymilk powder [organic soybeans], sea salt, natural flavor [plant source], cold-pressed flaxseed oil, onion, lemon juice concentrate, mustard flour, gum arabic, guar gum, xanthan gum), filtered water, apple cider vinegar, olive oil, shelled hemp seeds, flaxseed oil, lemon juice concentrate, cold-pressed hemp seed oil, spices, mustard flour, xanthan gum, natural flavor (plant source), sea salt, garlic. contains: soy.*

Nutrition (per 2 tablespoons): 90 calories, 9g fat, 2g carbs, 0g fiber, 1g sugars (includes 1g added sugars), 1g protein.*

More Follow Your Heart Vegan Salad Dressing Varieties

For the most part, the following varieties are pretty easy to find without dairy. But according to Follow Your Heart, their dressings are made in a dedicated dairy-free facility.* That’s a big bonus! And these are great options for people who are also egg-free and gluten-free.

• Honey Mustard (honey-free! contains soy)
• Thousand Island (contains soy)
• Organic Balsamic Vinaigrette
• Organic Miso Ginger (contains soy)

Discontinued Follow Your Heart Vegan Salad Dressings

RIP Reduced Fat Southwestern Ranch, Reduced Fat Balsamic Vinaigrette, Organic Coleslaw, Organic Italian Vinaigrette, and Lemon Herb.

More Facts on Follow Your Heart Vegan Salad Dressings

Price: $4.29 per 12-ounce bottle

Certifications: Follow Your Heart Vegan Salad Dressings are non-GMO verified and Certified Kosher Parve. Select varieties are Certified Organic.

Dietary Notes: By ingredients, Follow Your Heart Vegan Salad Dressings are dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free, peanut-free, vegan, and vegetarian. Select varieties are also soy-free.*

For More Product Information: Visit the Follow Your Heart website at www.followyourheart.com.

*Always read the ingredient and nutrition statement prior to consumption. Ingredients, processes, and labeling are subject to change at any time for any company or product. Contact the company to discuss their manufacturing processes if potential allergen cross-contamination is an issue for you. No food product can be guaranteed “safe” for every individual’s needs. You should never rely on ingredient and allergen statements alone if dealing with a severe food allergy. 

Thousand Island is excellent

Rated 5 out of 5

November 30, 2021

Just tried this dressing for the first time. I was so pleasantly surprised. Most “diet” dressings I have tried taste off. This one is delicious!

Janet

Impressed by the High-Omega varieties

Rated 5 out of 5

April 13, 2019

We tried the Bleu Cheese and Ranch and were impressed by the flavor of both. My husband was a blue cheese fan, and he said the bleu cheese dressing was remarkably spot on. Both were a bit thicker than expected, but they were easy enough to thin out, and that just made each bottle go further!

Alisa