Finding low-sodium products in supermarkets is a constant battle I’ve been fighting and writing about for more than three years now. Items labeled healthy or even low-sodium may still have too much salt depending on how much you’d normally eat in a meal (serving sizes on packages bare little resemblance to what actual servings are for most people).
So I was interested to see a Connecticut supermarket is teaming up with a local hospital in Norwich to help shoppers there find low-sodium options.
I also was encouraged to see that low-sodium is being defined there as less than 140 mgs or sodium per serving. That means double the serving size would mean 280 mgs of sodium, acceptable to someone like me who is trying to eat less than 1,500 mgs of sodium a day.
Canned soups and deli products will be hard pressed to fit in the low-sodium definition, a store pharmacist quoted in the story admits.
I’d like to see more supermarkets make this commitment to low-salt products. The next step is to demand more such offerings from their suppliers and wholesalers.
John
Publix’s grocery store has a low sodium list, https://www.publix.com/-/media/documents/wellness/the-right-foods-for-you/low-sodium.ashx