Everything You Didn’t Know You Needed To Know about Ranch!

It’s National Ranch Dressing Day! Not that anyone really needs a special reason to celebrate.

Here are a few stats and facts to help celebrate . . .

1.  Did you know Hidden Valley Ranch was a real place?  A guy named Steve Henson invented ranch dressing in the 1950s by mixing buttermilk with different herbs and spices.  He perfected it while living at a place called Hidden Valley Ranch near Santa Barbara, California.  And for the first few years, you could only order it through the mail.

2.  “The Chicago Tribune” ranked the best ranch dressings a while back, and put Hidden Valley at #1.  But a separate ranking by “professional” taste testers claimed Ken’s ranch dressing is better for dipping things like fries.

3.  Mashed.com claims Wingstop has the best fast food ranch, and McDonald’s ranked last.  A Wingstop employee actually went viral last month after people were shocked to find out there’s mayonnaise in ranch dressing.

4.  8% of Americans put ranch dressing on burgers . . . 36% think cold pizza dipped in ranch sounds good . . . and 20% have mixed ranch with salsa before.

5.  Ranch has been the best-selling salad dressing in the U.S. since 1992.  But Hidden Valley says only 30% of the dressing they sell is used on salads now.  The other 70% is used for dipping, or on other foods.

6. Aldi grocery store fanatics use ranch as a sort of greeting or verbal secret hand shake. “Where’s the ranch?”

By the way, Hidden Valley has been teasing a big announcement for today . . . something to do with ranch and “carats.” Here it is:

Introducing the first man-made diamond made from HVR – a beautiful way for ranch lovers to show their love for each other. Between now and 3/17, fans can bid to purchase The Ranch Diamond. All proceeds benefit Feeding America. Head to https://t.co/kbTloQq59u to place your bid now pic.twitter.com/uOr62XU6zW

— Hidden Valley Ranch (@HVRanch) March 10, 2022