Actually this looks like what they do to make "light" salad dressing - reduce the oil and add water, more sodium and non-sugar sweetener. For my purposes it's not a bad thing as I'm always looking for ways to reduce fat and sugar and replace it with a natural calorie-free sweetener like stevia. I just don't like that it involves increasing the sodium content. And actually water is an ingredient in a lot of homemade salad dressing recipes so it's not the worst thing. But I agree that it was probably done to save money. I wonder if they've altered their "light" version of this dressing to have less fat that the regular one. I'll have to check that out when I go to the supermarket. I tend to use Ken's bottled salad dressings anyway. Wish Bone has never been my preference. The true test is in how it tastes. If it tastes the same or better it's not a big deal in my opinion.