I wrote early this year about a great panko breadcrumb find at Costco. Indeed, the giant box lasted me from February through August. But I was very disappointed when I went back to Costco recently only to find it had switched to a different brand of panko breadcrumbs — one that’s incredibly high in salt. Shame on you Costco!
The warehouse store now carries McCormick brand Tuscan Herb panko bread crumbs. Anything that has a name like that is likely loaded with salt. A quick check of the nutrition panel confirmed my worst fears. A half-cup of this brand has 560 mgs of sodium, or a third of my daily limit. That’s simply unacceptable.
The Kikkoman brand it carried before had 40 mgs of sodium in a half cup, so McCormick has more than 10 times as much!
Looks like I’m back to paying a lot for smaller packages of panko breadcrumbs that are low-sodium.
John
Oh well you may have to go to Walmart now.
Have you seen them there?
Thank you for the update, I couldn’t find the Kikkoman brand in Costco today and thought I was going blind. Amazon sells the 2LB. box, pricier than Costco, but still better than grocery store prices.