The dressing base was placed in a steam chest (50.8 cm long 116.8 cm wide 66 cm high) and heated to 71.1 C.
Sodium chloride (101.25 g) was mixed thoroughly with the desired amounts of xanthan gum, guar gum, and locust bean gum, then added to the heated dressing base and stirred until well-mixed.
The dressing was then held for 30 min at 71.1 C for pasteurization.
Pasteurized dressing was homogenized in a two-stage homogenizer (APVGaulin model 400/200 M6-3TPS; Charlotte, NC, USA) at 3.45/ 11.7 MPa.
The homogenized dressing was collected in a clean 37.5 L metal can and transferred to 1 L sanitized plastic storage bottles.
The dressing was cooled in a blast cooler at 4 C and stored at 4 C until testing.