Sodium & food

FOODS WITH THE HIGHEST SODIUM CONTENT (source: the Fineli database)
The figures below refer to sodium levels. The salt (NaCl) amount can be calculated by multiplying this by 2.

• Himalayan rock salt (38,069 mg / 100 g)
• Sea salt (37,600 mg / 100 g)
• Baking soda (27,360 mg / 100 g)
• Mineral salt (21,000 mg / 100 g)
• Baking powder (11,800 mg / 100 g)
• Pickled herring, preserved in barrel (4,960.9 mg / 100 g)
• Anchovies (4,140 mg / 100 g)
• Roe, with salt (2,039.5 mg / 100 g)
• Olives, on average (1,920 mg / 100 g)
• Bacon, fried (1,342.5 mg / 100 g)
• Warm-smoked whitefish (1,090 mg / 100 g)
• Caviar, sturgeon roe (991.4 mg / 100 g)

Foods rich in poor-quality hidden salt include soy sauce, metworst (salami), many meal replacement products, tinned foods, bread, crackers, biscuits, chips and crisps, mustard, ketchup, processed cheese, deli meat, sausages and countless convenience foods.

RECOMMENDED HIGH-QUALITY SALT PRODUCTS FOR COOKING:

• Kalahari salt
• Himalayan rock salt/pink salt/crystal salt
• Several good products are available
• Black salt
• Several good products are available
• Celtic sea salt
• Guerande sea salt
• Sea salt
• For example Maldon pure sea salt crystal flakes
• Pansalt
• -> Contains less sodium and more potassium
• -> Suitable for those with potassium deficiency who also have a problem with excessive sodium