The Dressing of the Year and Sauce of the Year awards are presented by ADS to recognize and celebrate truly innovative products.

In recent years, "big food" has lost ground to smaller challengers in many food categories including sauces, dressings, and spreads. These are areas with few barriers to entry and they are especially welcoming to flavor innovation.

The Tillen Farms brand continues to grow with the launch of Bloody Mary Olives, stuffed with onions and sun-dried tomatoes, and Rum Bada Bing Cherries.

Simple innocent lies are not only part of parenthood, but a true tactic used by parents everywhere.

O’DANG Hummus dressings bring innovation to the dressing aisle with better-for-you, plant-based dressings made with US-Grown chickpeas as the first ingredient.

The reformulated Litehouse Organic Pourable dressings address consumers’ demands for healthier products with cleaner ingredient panels.

According to Statista.com, revenue in the Sauces & Condiments segment accounted for $42.1 million in 2018 (Ketchup $8.7 million and Sauces & Condiments $33.4 million) and the market is expected to grow annually by 1.7% CAGR 2018-2021. 

Comax Flavors conducted an August 2018 study examining consumption habits and preferences to better understand consumers' behavior, usage and attitudes towards Condiments, Salad Dressings, Dips and Dipping Sauces.

Improving tamper resistance was at the forefront for the development of the new labels, as well as ease of clean up for the consumer.