Catalina dressing

French dressing

Chicken, swiss cheese and lettuce sandwich with avocado slices topped with Catalina French dressing
Type	Salad dressing
Main ingredients	oil, vinegar, sugar, tomatoes, paprika

French dressing is a term originally used for any oil-and-vinegar-based salad dressing. Today, it refers to a creamy ketchup-based dressing which varies in color from pale orange to bright red. It can be made by blending olive oil, vinegar, tomato paste, ketchup, brown sugar, paprika, and salt.In the United States during the 1950s, manufactured "French dressing" was developed. The manufactured version, is sweet in taste and colored orange-to-red from the use of paprika and tomatoes. In manufactured versions, "French dressing" is generally a pale orange and creamy, while "Catalina French dressing" is generally bright red and less creamy in nature.