Plain frozen prawns often contains sodium-rich preservatives and salt for flavour. To reduce moisture loss during thawing, sodium tripolyphosphate is often added.
1. Shrimp
Canned, bottled, and restaurant soups are high in salt, however some have decreased sodium.
2. Soup
Salt is used to cure and flavour gammon, making it high in sodium. Roasted gammon has 1,117 mg of sodium per 3-ounce (85-gram) serving, 48% of the RDI.
3. Ham
Although instant pudding mix contains a lot of sodium, the pudding itself doesn't taste salty.
4. Instant pudding
Cottage cheese is heavy in salt yet high in calcium and protein. Cottage cheese has 350 mg of salt per 1/2-cup (113-gram) serving, 15% of the RDI.
5. Cottage cheese
Vegetable juice is a simple method to eat veggies, but if you don't check nutrition labels, it may be high in sodium.
6. Vegetable juice
Salt adds sodium to salad dressing. MSG, disodium inosinate, and disodium guanylate are also added by some brands.
7. Salad dressing
Almost half of the sodium consumed by Americans comes from pizza and other foods with several ingredients.
8. Pizza
Sandwiches are another multi-ingredient food that contains over half of Americans' salt.
9. Sandwiches
Packaged broths and stocks, used to flavour meat and vegetables and base soups and stews, are rich in salt.
10. Broths and stocks
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