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 Percent Daily Value for sodium; try to select foods that provide 5 percent or less per serving.

High-Sodium Foods

• Smoked, cured, salted, and canned meat, fish and poultry
  
• Regular hard and processed cheese, regular peanut butter
  
• Crackers with salted tops
  
• Regular canned and dehydrated soups, broths and bouillons
  
• Regular canned vegetables
  
• Salted snack foods

Suggested Alternatives

• Unsalted fresh or frozen beef, lamb, pork, fish, and poultry
  
• Low-sodium cheese, low-sodium peanut butter
  
• Unsalted crackers
  
• Low-sodium canned soups, broths and bouillons
  
• Fresh and frozen vegetables and low-sodium canned vegetables
  
• Unsalted tortilla chips, pretzels, potato chips and popcorn

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