11 Common Grocery Items That Are Secretly Loaded with Salt

Eatthis ^ | 11/10/2024 | Sarah Garone

[ChicagoConservative27]

Some foods are sirens of sodium—you know as soon as you see them that they're loaded with salt. Pickles, salted nuts, bacon, and fried foods all stand out as obvious sodium bombshells. With other foods, though, sodium content isn't so immediately clear. Unless you're a diligent label reader, you might not realize that multiple common grocery items are sneakily high in this nutrient.

[ChicagoConservative27]

The list,

1. Cottage Cheese

2. Bread

3. Frozen Chicken Nuggets

4. Tortillas

5. Vegetable Juice

6. Cheese

7. Salad Dressing

8. Frozen Pizza

9. Deli Meats

10. Canned Soups

[BobL]

Since salt has been debunked as a health concern (other than eating less than twice the recommended amount, which can cause huge issues), I have to take this article with a grain of, well, salt.

[goodnesswins]

Now lets see added SUGAR...peas, corn, carrots, beans...everything

[Olog-hai]

Deli meat secretly having high sodium?? Come on. Never mind the rest of the items on the list.

[madison10]

TV dinners, or whatever they are called now, are extremely high in salt.

[Leaning Right]

I love soup. All different kinds. But I’m on a low-sodium diet. I suppose you can find low-sodium canned soup at a specialty store. But the ones my grocery store carries are all loaded with sodium.

I just don’t get it. Why not just make them all low-sodium, then put on the label “salt to taste”?

I want to ask my grocer that, but I’m afraid I’d get…

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Of course cheese has salt. No salt, no cheese.

Some is lower in salt than others but it all has salt.

It is like people asking for yeast free beer.

Or sugar free Kombucha.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Because they are using the salt as a preservative.

If they do not use salt they have to use something else.

Yes, even in a can salt acts as a preservative.

[TTFX]

I just don’t get it. Why not just make them all low-sodium, then put on the label “salt to taste”?

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The reason is obvious. Your idea also occurred to them. But they do what increases sales.

[Sacajaweau]

I’ve stopped buying canned soup...I make beef barley and chicken soup and freeze. Trying to cut down on the salt.

[Leaning Right]

> Because they are using the salt as a preservative. <

Interesting…but people have been canning food for centuries. I used to watch my grandmother do it. She never added salt.

Could it be that the salt preserves color or texture, but is not necessary for keeping the food itself safe?

[P.O.E.]

Even the low-sodium soups have almost half the RDA of sodium.

Bought a can of Progresso low-sodium, but they game the label with the serving size. I mean who eats half a can of soup?

[Larry Lucido]

I bought some Morton salt. It was loaded with salt.

[nwrep]

other than eating less than twice the recommended amount, which can cause huge issues

Can you please elaborate? Is it harmful to eat less that twice the recommended amount?

[Freee-dame]

Make a big batch of soup in a crockpot. Put it in containers in your freezer. Enjoy it for multiple meals without any added chemicals. It’s easy.

[nodumbblonde]

Uh-oh, was it clearly labeled as such? FDA is on the warpath!

[Leaning Right]

> I bought some Morton salt. It was loaded with salt. <

[Tacrolimus1mg]

I know that when I eat a lot of salt, my blood pressure skyrockets and I swell up BADLY. I’ve had a kidney transplant.

If you’re perfectly healthy, moderate amounts of sale, maybe even a little more, are fine. If you’re not, and have cardiac and renal disease, it’s a non-starter. You limit salt and sugar.

Huge amounts of anything are generally bad for you - even water. It IS possible to OD on water.

Comment is slightly misguided.

[Larry Lucido]

Don’t get me started on the peanuts I bought.

[Flaming Conservative]

Some things can be made low sodium, some cannot.