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A guide to low sodium (salt) foods
If you have been advised to limit salt or sodium intake to help control blood pressure,
this guide will be helpful. You’ll find:
- Tips on reading the food label.
- Identifying ingredients that contain sodium.
- Recipes for low sodium sauces and dressings.
- A list of low sodium products available at your Haggen and TOP Food stores.
Label Claim Definitions:
- Sodium-free or salt-free: less than 5 mg. per serving
- Very low sodium: 35 mg. or less of sodium per serving*
- Low sodium: 140 mg. or less of sodium per serving*
- Low sodium meal: 140 mg. or less of sodium per 3 1/2 ounce meal
- Reduced or less sodium at least 25% less sodium than the regular version
- Light in sodium 50% less sodium than the regular version
- Unsalted or no salt added: no salt added to the product during processing
Remember that one teaspoon of salt contains about 2,4000 mg of salt. To control
blood pressure, most people are advised to limit their intake sodium to less than
2,400 mg of sodium per day. *if the serving is 30g (about 1 oz) or less or 2 Tablespoons
or less, per 50g of the food. Finding Sodium on the Nutrition Facts Label
- Be sure to check the Serving Size! Compare it to the amount you would normally eat.
- Check the amount of sodium the serving contains.
- % DV means the percentage of sodium based on a daily intake value of 2,400mg per
day.
Be sure to look for sodium on the ingredients list. Sodium is contained in:
- Salt
- Sodium bicarbonate
- Sodium metabisulfite
- Monosodium glutamate
- Sodium nitrite/nitrate
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