French Salad Dressing Calories

You can order French salad dressing on your greens in a restaurant, make it at home or purchase it at the grocery store. Calories will vary depending on the amount of oil used and the serving size.

Calories

A recipe for French dressing in the Pillsbury Complete Cook Book includes equal parts of brown sugar, vinegar, ketchup, chili sauce and oil, in addition to some spices and contains 45 calories per tablespoon, or 90 per serving. Another recipe calls for 3/4 cup of oil, Worcestershire, garlic, salt, pepper, paprika, dry mustard. thyme, tarragon and white wine vinegar. This recipe has 183 calories per serving.

Considerations

Wishbone's Deluxe French contains 130 calories in 2 tbsp. while its Sweet 'n Spicy French has 140 calories in 2 tbsp. The French Flair Vinaigrette Salad Spritzer has just 10 calories in 10 sprays. According to My Plate at LIVESTRONG.com, Kraft French Dressing has 45 calories in 2 tbsp.

Warning

French dressing in restaurants will usually have more calories than store-bought or homemade dressing. For instance, 2 tbsp. of french dressing at Pizza Hut has 150 calories and a packet of french dressing at Burger King contains 201 calories.