The most common way to ramp up the flavoring of a salad is with dressing. In fact, there’s plenty of people that won’t touch the stuff before every lettuce leaf is swimming in ranch dressing.

While many salads include colorful vegetables, flavorful proteins like bacon, or crunchy croutons, dressing remains the flavor highlight of this dish. Dressings usually come in two basic styles, vinegar based or creamy mayonnaise based, but there are plenty of less popular options to choose from too.

The Food Network, one of the most popular TV food channels offers a list of more than 50 types of dressings you can use for salads: from your basic vinaigrette dressing to popular ranch dressings, and more inventive dressings such as Agrodolce (sweet and sour). This list can be used as a good source of flavor inspiration too.

Building your own dressing business means finding a new name that’s not already claimed in the market. This can be derived from your own name, the place you live, a popular landmark, or even based on the country of like French dressing that was actually made in America. Check out this stunning list of names you can use for your new salad dressing business, no matter what flavor you specialize in.

All Purpose Salad Dressing Name Ideas

All-Purpose Dressing

Beautiful homemade vinaigrette.

Known mostly as simply vinaigrette, all purpose dressing is the one most popular among salad lovers and can be found anywhere dressings are sold. If you plan to enter this segment of the food business then you need a name that generates curiosity in the product.

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Being memorable and unusual can help make you get noticed and the opportunity to be considered by a buyer. Our list of names will give you an idea of how you can choose the best name for your future brand.

  • Autumn Peak
  • Clover Nature
  • Dream harvest
  • Fine Dressing Company
  • Food Valley
  • Forest Bliss
  • Garnish Drop Salad Co.
  • Garnish Retreat
  • Garnish Spot Salad Dressing Co.
  • Good Seasons
  • Grand Dressing
  • Green Acres
  • Harvest Fun
  • Hidden Valley
  • Jenny’s Salad Dressing Co.
  • Moon Harvest
  • Nature Cave Salad Co.
  • Nature Craze Salad Dressing Co.
  • Natureland Salad Co.
  • Natutrend
  • Oak Hill
  • Purple Orchid
  • Salad Bites
  • Salad Sky
  • Saladista Salad Dressing Co.
  • Savannah Food
  • Serene harvest
  • Streetberry Salad Co.
  • The Iriving Farm
  • The Nature Jar

Ranch Dressing Name Ideas

Classic Ranch Dressing

Classic Ranch Dressing

A hugely popular dressing for salads, ranch dressing is the best-selling style of salad dressing in the United States, with around 40% of Americans preferring this flavor according to the Association for Dressings and Sauces. Not surprisingly the dressing is enjoyed on much more than salads including dipping pizza, bread, carrots, and much more.

If you decide to focus on ranch dressing, here are some suggestions with the potential to build a profitable business.

  • Adamsville Acres Ranch Dressing
  • Allison Acres Ranch Dressing
  • Almosta Acre Ranch Dressing
  • Ashley Farm Ranch Dressing
  • Baker Acres Ranch Dressing
  • Bella Vista Ranch Dressing
  • Big Meadow Ranch Dressing
  • Corbin Vineyard Ranch Dressing
  • Country Lane Ranch Dressing
  • Dusty Bottoms Ranch Dressing
  • Fair Ridge Ranch Dressing
  • Fountain Valley Ranch Dressing
  • Gusty Goat Ranch Dressing
  • Harcourt Homestead Ranch Dressing
  • High Meadow Ranch Dressing
  • Johnson Homestead Ranch Dressing
  • Johnson Valley Ranch Dressing
  • Long Acres Ranch Dressing
  • Middle Creek Ranch Dressing
  • Parker Pond Ranch Dressing
  • Shady Acres Ranch Dressing
  • Smith Family Farms Ranch Dressing
  • Stanley Manor Ranch Dressing
  • Stonefield Farm Ranch Dressing
  • Stoney Point Ranch Dressing
  • Sutter Creek Ranch Dressing
  • The Gardner Roost Ranch Dressing
  • The Parson Ranch Dressing
  • Three Creeks Ranch Dressing
  • Wild Flower Ranch Dressing

Italian Dressing Name Ideas

Italian Dressing

Italian Dressing

Italian dressing used to be the best selling dressing in the United States. An oily dressing with tangy vinegar, this is a great style of dressing enjoyed by large swathes of the population. Different areas and landmarks in the country of Italy of course can be used to come up with a relevant name. So check out this “eccezionale” list of Italian-style names.

  • Alessandros
  • Alessio’s
  • Angelo Anselmo
  • Antonio Bruno
  • Bernardo’s
  • Carlo Cristiano
  • Damiano Flavio
  • Federico
  • Garnessia
  • Giuliano Gregorio
  • La Feretta
  • La Quercia
  • Los Gatos
  • Marco Lorenzo
  • Mario Massimo
  • Martino
  • Marvella Dressing
  • Matteo’s
  • Maurizio Mauro
  • Norberto Pietro
  • Olipro Dressing
  • Paolo Ottaviano
  • Phress Aroma
  • Pronto Fronto
  • Riccardo Umberto
  • Roberto Silvio
  • Sofia Schirru
  • Stefano Tommaso
  • Vincenzo Valentino
  • Viviana Boccaccio

French Dressing Name Ideas

French Dressing

French dressing in a jar.

An American cuisine, French dressing is a creamy and sweet dressing that’s ketchup based and varies in color. This base is of used as a “secret sauce” in fast food joints too. While not as popular as some of the other styles of salad dressing, there are plenty of options when it comes to finding a distinct dressing. Our “experts” came up with this list of ideas.

  • Anaïs French Dressing
  • Baroque Hall
  • Burenna French Dressing
  • Cassa Blancha
  • Château de Versailles
  • Corentin French Dressing
  • Courant Vallée
  • Creux Vallée
  • Delphine French Dressing
  • Emil’s French Dressing
  • Étang French Dressing
  • Étienne French Dressing
  • Gaël French Dressing
  • Haut-Vaucluse Dressing
  • Kozlik’s French Dressing
  • Le Châteaux
  • Le Vinaigre
  • Luberon French Dressing
  • Lucien French Dressing
  • Maël French Dressing
  • Mont Saint-Michel
  • Montagne Ruisseau
  • Nature Casa French Dressing
  • Nature Castle French Dressing
  • Océane French Dressing
  • Pansement French Dressing
  • Rivière Vue
  • Rocheux Crête
  • Thibault French Dressing
  • Urba French Dressing

Thousand Island Dressing Name Ideas

Thousand Island Dressing

Thousand Island dressing in a bowl.

A dressing developed in upstate New York, Thousand Island Dressing takes its name from the Thousand Island region and variations of this flavor is enjoyed around the world now. One of the most popular dressings for salads, and often used in burgers, we researched all 1,000 islands in upstate New York to bring you these fantastic name ideas.

  • 1912 Thousand Island Dressing
  • Adirondack Mountain
  • Alexandria Bay
  • Anlann Marie-Rose
  • Boldt Castle
  • Chimney Island
  • Clayton Calumet
  • Deer Island
  • Frontenac
  • George and Oscar’s
  • Grindstone
  • Haldimand’s
  • Jefferson County
  • Just Room Enough
  • Lake Ontario
  • LaLonde Original
  • Longue Vue
  • Manitouana
  • Marie Rose’s
  • Mille-Îles
  • New York’s Own
  • Ontario’s Best
  • Potter’s Beach
  • St. Lawrence River
  • Thousand Herons
  • Tomato Ice
  • Two Trees Island
  • Upstate Dressings
  • Wolfe Island
  • Zavikon’s

List of Salad Dressing Brands

Salad Dressing Brands

Some of the most popular salad dressing brands.

The United States has hundreds of brands of salad dressings, from Annie’s, Newman’s Own, Marzetti’s, and even the famous Kraft dressings. We can only hope to be as famous as Kraft, known across the globe, but this list of the most popular and well-known salad dressing brands may help you understand the proven names in this industry.

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  • Annie’s Dressings
  • Bolthouse Farms
  • Bragg Dressings
  • Braswell’s
  • Brianna’s Dressings
  • Cindy’s Kitchen
  • Cindy’s Kitchens
  • Daiya Dressings
  • Emeril’s
  • Girard’s
  • Good Seasons
  • Hak’s Dressings
  • Hidden Valley
  • Hilary’s Dressings
  • Ken’s Dressings
  • Kewpie Dressings
  • Kraft
  • Litehouse
  • Makoto
  • Maple Grove Farms
  • Marie’s
  • Market Pantry
  • Marzetti Dressings
  • Newman’s Own
  • Organic Girl
  • Primal Kitchen
  • Stonewall Kitchen
  • Tessemae’s
  • Walden Farms
  • Wishbone Dressings

Creative Salad Bar Name Ideas

Open a salad bar to showcase your dressings

Open a salad bar to showcase your dressings.

Creating a salad bar in this age of healthy living is a viable option. But it can’t hurt to have a little extra help figuring out what to name your salad bar too. We spared no expense in bringing you these perfect names for the most iconic salad bar in the US today – Yours!

  • Bella Vita
  • Carrot Top
  • Chopped
  • Chopsy
  • Earth’s Bounty
  • Fresh Gardens
  • Green Things
  • Green Wonderbar
  • Green’s Salad Bar
  • Its Salad
  • Lettuce Be
  • Lettuce Eat!
  • Natural Lifestyle
  • Oasis Green
  • Raw Earth
  • Roughage
  • Salad Achieve
  • Salad Bowl
  • Salad Daize
  • Salad Expressions
  • Salad Inc
  • Salad Specialty
  • Salads Plus
  • So Salad
  • The Green House
  • The Green Table
  • The Salad Bar
  • Vegged Out
  • We Salad
  • Yakami Fields

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