A model low-fat salad dressing including salep as thickening agent was prepared. In order to obtain an stable salad dressing, different variables each one at three levels like salep content (0.5, 2.0, and 3.5% w/w), oil volume fraction (7.50, 16.25, and 25.00% w/w), pH (3, 5, and 7), salt concentration (0.3, 0.9, and 1.5% w/w), and egg yolk content (2, 4, and 6% w/w) were chosen and their effect on the creaming index of salad dressing was studied. It was observed that samples with highest salep

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... content at pH 3 were the most stable during storage time (15 days). The microstructure of some samples was considered. Rheological measurements were performed for stable samples. Oil fraction and salt content increased zero shear viscosity and G 0 modulus of samples.