Salad cream might seem like a U.K. spin on classic mayonnaise, but these two condiments are very different, and their origin ...

"Salad cream" is one of Heinz's popular products in the U.K. — but they're renaming it to "sandwich cream" because no one eats it on salad.

Salad Cream is a controversial condiment as it is, with some people swearing by it on chips and others condemning it in favour of mayonnaise. Heinz has now backtracked on its plans to change Salad ...

A few years later, Heinz considered discontinuing the condiment, but public outcry led them to rebrand it instead. By 2017, salad cream was the fifth best-selling condiment in the UK.

1914 - Heinz brings Salad Cream to market after eight years in development. It comes popular with the working classes.

Salad Cream is set for a makeover. Food lovers have reacted with outrage after Heinz announced it is to ditch the name Salad Cream. The jar, which has been a staple of many British cupboards since ...

The first mass-produced salad cream was debuted by Heinz in 1914. It gained widespread popularity during World War I because it was cheaper and more accessible than mayonnaise.

The condiment became a national favourite during the 1940s, Heinz says, when ketchup was unavailable and salad cream was used to add flavour to bland war-time rations.

Food giant Heinz is set to drop the name of its salad cream for the first time in 104 years, because so few people actually use the product on salads. Instead it could be called "sandwich cream".