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Salad cream is a creamy, pale yellow condiment based on an emulsion of about 25–50 percent oil in water, emulsified by egg yolk and acidulated by spirit vinegar. It is somewhat similar in composition to mayonnaise and may include other ingredients such as sugar, mustard, salt, thickener, spices, flavouring and colouring.[3] The first ready-made commercial product was introduced in the United Kingdom in 1914,[1] where it is used as a salad dressing and a sandwich spread.

Salad cream

Heinz Salad Cream
Type	Salad dressing, also used as a sauce
Place of origin	United Kingdom[1][2]
Created by	Heinz
Main ingredients	Oil, water, egg yolks, spirit vinegar

Historically, salad cream, often mentioned in Victorian sources, consisted of "hard-boiled eggs puréed with cream, mustard, salt and vinegar".[4]

Brands

In the UK, it has been produced by companies including H. J. Heinz Company and Crosse & Blackwell. Heinz Salad Cream was the first brand developed exclusively for the UK market. When first created in the Harlesden 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]

See also

• List of sauces
• Miracle Whip, a similar North American condiment

References

External links

• "Salad Cream," from BBC h2g2 site
• "Cornish Salad Cream Recipe" - The Green Chronicle; A forerunner to the modern salad cream

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