Yeah i know what you mean. I find the foodservice versions at restaurants pretty palatable and have often wondered why tf i can’t buy it in a grocery store. I think the difference between grocery store versions and everything else isn’t so much recipe as it is the ungodly amounts of preservatives needed to make dairy shelf stable means every store bought brand is inevitably too thick and has a nasty chemical aftertaste.

Once or twice I’ve had passable storebought ranch if it’s one that’s sold already refrigerated.