FDA Consumer: Alternatives to High-Sodium Foods

U. S. Food and Drug Administration
FDA Consumer
September 1995

Alternatives to High-Sodium Foods

If you find yourself continually eating more than 100 percent of the Daily Value for sodium each day, consider these lower sodium alternatives. For labeled items, check the %Daily Value for sodium; try to select foods that provide 5 percent or less per serving.

Instead of: Eat:

smoked, cured, salted, and canned meat, fish and poultry unsalted fresh or frozen beef, lamb, pork, fish, and poultry

regular hard and processed cheese, regular peanut butter low-sodium cheese, low-sodium peanut butter

crackers with salted tops unsalted crackers

regular canned and dehydrated soups, broths and bouillons low-sodium canned soups, broths and bouillons

regular canned vegetables fresh and frozen vegetables and low-sodium canned vegetables

salted snack foods unsalted tortilla chips, pretzels, potato chips, and popcorn

Instead of:	Eat:
smoked, cured, salted, and canned meat, fish and poultry	unsalted fresh or frozen beef, lamb, pork, fish, and poultry
regular hard and processed cheese, regular peanut butter	low-sodium cheese, low-sodium peanut butter
crackers with salted tops	unsalted crackers
regular canned and dehydrated soups, broths and bouillons	low-sodium canned soups, broths and bouillons
regular canned vegetables	fresh and frozen vegetables and low-sodium canned vegetables
salted snack foods	unsalted tortilla chips, pretzels, potato chips, and popcorn

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U. S. Food and Drug Administration FDA Consumer September 1995

Alternatives to High-Sodium Foods

U. S. Food and Drug Administration
FDA Consumer
September 1995