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Table of Contents
Sodium Levels in Processed Foods..................................................................................................1 Packaged Foods ...............................................................................................................................6 Baked Goods........................................................................................................................6 Dairy Products ...................................................................................................................9 Frozen Foods ....................................................................................................................12 Meats ................................................................................................................................15 Prepared Foods, Boxed .....................................................................................................19 Salad Dressings .................................................................................................................19 Sauces ...............................................................................................................................20 Snack Foods ......................................................................................................................23 Soups ................................................................................................................................24 Canned Vegetables ............................................................................................................25 Other Canned Foods .........................................................................................................26 Restaurant Foods ...........................................................................................................................27 Breakfast Foods ................................................................................................................27 Breads ..............................................................................................................................27 Chicken, Fried ..................................................................................................................28 Chicken Strips and Nuggets ..............................................................................................28 Pizza ................................................................................................................................28 Potatoes, Fried ...................................................................................................................29 Salads ................................................................................................................................29 Sandwiches .......................................................................................................................30 Soups ...............................................................................................................................31

Copyright 2008 by Center for Science in the Public Interest First edition: 1st printing August 2008, 2nd printing September 2007 Second edition: 1st printing December 2008 The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), founded in 1971, is a non-profit health-advocacy organization. CSPI conducts innovative research and advocacy programs in the area of nutrition, food safety, and alcoholic beverages and provides consumers with current information about their own health and well-being. CSPI is supported by the 900,000 subscribers in the United States and Canada to its Nutrition Action Healthletter and by foundation grants. Sodium Levels in Processed Foods was written by Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., Executive Director of CSPI, with research and editing assistance from Jessica Emami and Stephanie Grasmick on the first edition and Elizabeth Tully, Moira Donahue, and Ellie Barczak on the second edition. Center for Science in the Public Interest 1875 Connecticut Ave. NW #300 Washington, DC 20009 Tel: (202) 332-9110 Fax: (202) 265-4954 e-mail: cspi@cspinet.org Internet: www.cspinet.org

Salt Content of Foods 1

Sodium Levels in Processed Foods

altsodium chlorideis perhaps the deadliest ingredient in the food supply. While a small amount of sodium is necessary for health, the amount in the typical American diet is a major cause of high blood pressure, or hypertension. Currently, 65 million Americans suffer from that condition, which increases the risk of heart disease and stroke. Together those diseases kill about 650,000 people annually. Sodium=s contribution is major. In 2004, the director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and two other experts estimated that reducing sodium levels in processed and restaurant foods by 50 percent would save 150,000 lives a year.1 (For a more thorough discussion of the effects of sodium on health, please see ASalt: The Forgotten Killer,@ published by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) in February 2005.2) When they think about salt, most people think of the salt shaker on their kitchen table. But the salt shaker supplies only a small percentage of a person=s daily intake. Processed and restaurant foods account for more than three-quarters of all sodium, according to a 1991 study.3,4 That figure is
Havas S, Roccella EJ, Lenfant C. Am J Pub Health. 2004;94:19-22.
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probably even higher today. The same study estimated that naturally occurring sodium (especially in dairy foods) accounts for about 12 percent of our intake, and sodium from salt added in cooking or at the table adds another 11 percent. The 2005 edition (and every previous edition) of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which is published jointly by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Agriculture, emphasizes the importance of lowering sodium levels in foods. It states:
When consumers are offered a lower sodium product, they typically do not add table salt to compensate for the lower sodium content, even when available. Therefore, any program for reducing the salt consumption of a population should concentrate primarily on reducing the salt used during food processing and on changes in food selection (e.g., more fresh, lessprocessed items, less sodium-dense foods) and preparation.

http://www.cspinet.org/salt/saltreport.pdf.

Though excessive sodium consumption has long been of great concern to health professionals, food processors have done little to reduce sodium levels. In one study, since 1983, CSPI has monitored the sodium content of 100 popular foods. Of the 69 products still marketed in 2004, the average sodium content decreased by just 5 percent (from 592 mg to 564 mg), or 0.3 percent per

Institute of Medicine. Dietary Reference Intakes: Water, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride, and Sulfate. (2004) pp. 6-44. 1991;10:383-93. Mattes RD, Donnelly D. J Am Coll Nutr.

Sodium Content of Foods C 2 year.5 And between 1994 and 2004, the average sodium content actually increased by 6 percent. As discussed below, CSPI has monitored a larger sample since 2005. American cheese, the Velveeta and Lucerne Deluxe brands both contain 1,286 mg/100g of sodium. Of course, that doesn=t mean that both of those companies couldn=t reduce sodium levels. There seems to be little pattern as to which products are lowest in sodium. In some cases, the brands offered at conventional supermarkets have much more sodium than specialty brands at natural-foods stores. For instance, Arnolds Country Classics white bread has nearly 50 percent more sodium than Whole Foods organic white bread (605 vs. 414 mg/100g), and Ore-Ida Tater Tots have more sodium than Whole Foods= 365 Tater Puffs (488 vs. 282 mg/100 g). But some natural-foods brands have much more sodium: Amys Organic Family Marinara Pasta Sauce has more sodium than Barilla Marinara Tomato & Onion (472 vs. 368 mg/100 g). Likewise, some supermarket-brand products are lowest in sodium; other times they are highest. Safeway Premium Select BBQ Sauce has about half as much sodium as Kraft Original BBQ Sauce (639 vs. 1,222 mg/100 g). But Safeway Lucerne Whole Milk Ricotta Cheese has twice as much sodium as Sorrento=s ricotta (242 vs. 121 mg/100 g). The one time when higher levels of sodium might be tolerable is when salt (and other sodium-containing ingredients) are used to prevent the growth of dangerous bacteria. But even in those foods, sodium levels may vary considerably. Armour Jumbo Hot Dogs contains 45 percent more sodium than Nathan=s Bigger-than-the-Bun 8 Skinless Beef Franks (1,193 mg vs. 825 mg/100 g). And Wal-Marts Great Value Smoked Bacon has 50 percent more sodium than Safeway Select Naturally Smoked Thick Sliced bacon (2,133 vs. 1,429 mg/100 g).

Brand Variations

hough the food industry has paid little heed to calls for reducing sodium, it is clear that the sodium content of many foods can be reduced substantially. This report compares different brands of similar products (efforts were made to compare similar sizes, shapes, and flavors of products). All the products are sold in large mainstream or natural-foods stores and generally do not include special low-sodium foods that are marketed as niche products. This report compares the amount of sodium (in milligrams [mg]) per 100-gram (g) quantities of foods so as to adjust for different serving sizes. All the data were obtained from food labels, company web sites, or company representatives. Most categories show wide variations in sodium content among brands. It is not uncommon for some brands to have 50 percent, 100 percent, or even more sodium than a competing brand. For instance, a medium order of fries has more than twice the sodium at Burger King as at McDonald=s (509 vs. 231 mg/100 g). Hunts Tomato Paste has over five times as much sodium as Contadina Roma Style Tomato Paste (318 vs. 61 mg/100 g). Bumble Bee solid white albacore tuna has 70 percent more sodium than Crown Prince=s product (321 vs. 188 mg/100 g). In some cases, though, different brands have identical or almost identical levels of sodium. For instance, among sliced
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Salt Content of Foods 3 The fact that sodium levels vary so widely among brands in a given category shows that many companies could lower the sodium contents of their products sharply without seriously sacrificing flavor. If companies gradually lowered sodium levels, consumers gradually would become accustomed to less salty foods. In a small, but interesting, experiment in Australia, researchers found that people could barely, if at all, detect when the sodium content of bread was reduced by 25 percent over six weeks.6 And many people who go on lowsodium diets to lower their blood pressure say that they get used to unsalted foods rather quickly and enjoy the taste of the food, as opposed to the salt. constant, increasing by a slight 0.7 percent. About as many products (109) increased by more than five percent as decreased (113) by that percentage. And there were almost twice as many (29) products that increased by 30 percent or more as decreased by that percentage (17).7 Still, it was nice to see that some companies cut sodium levels dramatically. Contadinas Roma Style Tomato Paste lost 93 percent of its sodium. The Hungry-Man Boneless Fried Chicken frozen dinner dropped 861 mg of sodium. And Pepperidge Farms Hot Dog Bun is 30 percent lower in sodium. On the other hand, Hardees French fries contain three times as much sodium as they did in 2005. The sodium content of Jimmy Deans Regular Premium Pork Sausage increased by 61 percent. Reggios Chicago Style Premium Pepperoni Pizza now has an extra 300 mg of sodium per serving. And Original Open Pit Barbecue Sauce has onethird more sodium. Clearly, some companies have not heard that high-sodium diets cause heart attacks.

Changes from 2005 to 2008

nce again in 2005, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommended lower-sodium diets. The media in North America and Europe have run an unprecedented number of news items about the risks of high-sodium diets. Some companies have issued press releases highlighting reformulations that lowered the sodium content of their products. And in 2007 the Grocery Manufacturers Association, and in 2008 the National Restaurant Association, sponsored conferences to encourage their members to lower the sodium content of their offerings. So what has industry done? To answer that question, CSPI compared the late-2008 sodium content of the more than 500 products included in this report with the original 2005 content. The results were disappointing. The average sodium content of 529 products has remained essentially
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Recommendations

owering sodium is one of the most important dietary changes that Americans need to makeand there is responsibility in many quarters. Consumers need to read labels carefully and choose lower-sodium products, for the sake of their own health. Restaurants and food processors need to lower the sodium content of their foods, for the sake of their customers health and to avoid unflattering publicity. And governmentthe federal government and state and local
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Girgis S, Neal B, Prescott J, et al. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2003;57:616-20. Rodgers A, Neal B. Lancet. 1999;353:1332.

Caveats: Some companies might simply have corrected errors in their 2005 data, and these figures of necessity ignore any lower-sodium products introduced since 2005.

Sodium Content of Foods C 4 governmentsneeds to develop programs and adopt regulations that would decrease the sodium content of the food supply, for the sake of the public=s health. The federal (or state/local) government should consider the following measures: The FDA has not had a single employee charged with lowering sodium levels. Congress should provide generous funding for an FDA Division of Sodium Reduction to develop regulations, press industry to use less salt, and monitor sodium levels in foods and diets. Attention-getting symbols on the fronts of high-sodium foods would be more effective than current labels in encouraging companies to reduce sodium levels and consumers to choose lower-sodium brands. Labels could have a stop sign or other symbol with the words High in Salt. Trigger levels for such labeling might vary with the food category and could be gradually reduced over the years. (Foods high in saturated/trans fat, added sugars, or cholesterol or low in dietary fiber should be dealt with similarly.) Local, state, or federal laws should require chain table-service restaurants to list the sodium (and calorie and saturated/trans fat) content next to each food or meal on menus. Fastfood chains should list only calories on their menu boards, but provide brochures with sodium and other nutrition information. The most effective way to reduce sodium would be for the FDA and U.S. Department of Agriculture (which regulates foods that contain meat or poultry) to set sodium limits for categories of processed foods that are the biggest sources of sodium. The limits could be based on the levels in the lowest-sodium brands, or on the median sodium content, in each category. Companies would be given several years to comply. Judging from the wide variation in sodium levels in competing brands of the same products, many companies could reduce levels significantly and easily. Once companies were in compliance, the limits could be reduced to the new median (or other lower) value. The FDA should modernize the regulation of salt by changing salt=s regulatory status from AGenerally Recognized As Safe@ (GRAS) to a food additive. (Alternatively, the GRAS designation could be modified by setting safe limits for various food categories.) That change would indicate to the public and food industry that over-consumption of salt is a serious problem and would facilitate limiting the sodium content of processed foods. If the FDA and USDA do not limit sodium in foods, officials could use their bully pulpits to prod manufacturers to voluntarily use less salt. U.S. officials should copy their British counterparts aggressive strategy and set targets for various food categories, mount well-funded education campaigns, and publicly criticize unresponsive companies. Congress should provide major funding for the Department of Health and Human Services to educate the public about sodium and pressure food manufacturers and restaurants to lower sodium levels.

Salt Content of Foods 5 Though relatively little of our salt comes from canisters bought at the supermarket, it would be useful for canister labels to include a health notice, such as SALT PROMOTES HEART DISEASE. USE LESS. TRY USING LESS SALT THAN RECIPES CALL FOR. Since sodium is only one of many factors that cause cardiovascular and other diseases, the federal government should sponsor major campaigns to promote diets rich in vegetables, beans, fruit, whole grains, nuts, and seafood, along with lean meat and poultry and fat-free or low-fat dairy products. It should also help schools serve more healthful meals, provide financial incentives to farmers to produce more healthful foods, and give bonus food stamps to enable recipients to buy more fruits and vegetables. Finally, the government should support measures to encourage physical activity.

Notes about the Table The Table on the following pages compares (a) the sodium content of various brands of the same type of food and (b) the sodium levels in 2005 (2007 for Wal-Mart products) with levels in 2008. N/A indicates that 2005 data were not available. Most products listed were identified in 2005 as a convenience sample; the sample is not representative of all foods in grocery stores or restaurants. The data were gathered primarily from food labels or, when products could not be found in stores in the Washington, D.C., area, CSPI called the manufacturers. Information about restaurant foods was obtained from companies web sites. In a few cases, according to the manufacturers, the names, but not the products themselves, were changed since 2005. The sodium content of several Giant products varies depending on package size because of rounding and other factors. In categories where some brands listed the weight (grams) and others listed the volume (milliliters), we assumed that one milliliter weighed one gram. In some cases, the apparent changes between 2005 and 2008 might not be real, because companies reanalyzed their products or corrected errors. It is important to note that while the average sodium content of the foods monitored did not change between 2005 and 2008, that figure is not weighted by sales volume. Finally, CSPI regrets any errors it might have made in compiling these data.

Sodium Content of Foods C 6

Brand-name Comparisons of Sodium Levels

Item Serving Size Sodium (mg) Sodium mg/100g of Product Increase in Sodium over First Item Change in Sodium from 2005 to 2008*

Packaged Foods
Baked Goods
Biscuits, Refrigerated Safeway Jumbos Jumbo Flaky Great Value (Wal-Mart) Jumbos Butter Flavored Flaky Safeway Jumbos Butter Flavored Pillsbury Original Grands Flaky Layers Pillsbury Grands Homestyle Original Pillsbury Golden Layers Butter Tastin' Great Value Jumbo Flaky 1 biscuit (57g) 1 biscuit (57g) 1 biscuit (57g) 1 biscuit (58g) 1 biscuit (58g) 1 biscuit (34g) 1 biscuit (57g) 450 460 460 550 600 360 640 789 807 807 948 1,034 1,059 1,123 ___ 2% 2% 20% 31% 34% 42% -4% 0% -8% 0% 2% 0% 0%

Bread, Italian Schmidt Giant sliced Pepperidge Farm Italian Bread with Sesame Seeds Wonder Seeded Maier's Breads, 100% Whole Wheat Pepperidge Farm Farmhouse Bread Soft Giant 100% Stone Ground Arnold Stone Ground Great Value (Wal-Mart) 100% Whole Wheat Bread Stroehmann Dutch Country Wonder Stoneground Schmidt Old Tyme Arnold Whole Grain Classics 1 sl. (31g) 1 sl. (31g) 1 sl. (32g) 2 sl. (45g) 1 sl. (31g) 150 150 190 270 240 484 484 594 600 774 ___ ___ 23% 24% 60% -24% -21% 5% -7% 0%

1 sl. (43g) 1 sl. (30g) 1 sl. (27g) 1 sl. (42g) 1 sl. (38g) 1 sl. (32g) 1 sl. (27g) 1 sl. (38g)

150 130 140 220 200 170 150 220

349 433 519 524 526 531 556 579

___ 24% 49% 50% 51% 52% 59% 66%

0% 0% 8% 5% 11% -11% 11% 22%

* Adjusted for serving size.

Salt Content of Foods 7

Serving Size Sodium (mg) Sodium mg/100g of Product Increase in Sodium over First Item Change in Sodium from 2005 to 2008* -16% 0% 1% -2% -4% 0% 2% -3% -11% 8% 0%

Item Bread, White Whole Foods Organic Vermont Bread Company Soft All Natural OvenJoy Great Value (Wal-Mart) White Bread Wonder Regular Sunbeam Sandwich Safeway Butter Top Pepperidge Farm Family Size Pepperidge Farm Farmhouse Bread Hearty Arnold Brick Oven Premium Arnold Country Classics Country Buns, Hamburger Pepperidge Farm Wonder 8 Buns Great Value (Wal-Mart) Enriched Whole Foods Organic Giant Enriched Buns, Hot Dog Pepperidge Farm Wonder 8 Great Value (Wal-Mart) Enriched Potato Bread Martin's famous Dutch taste Sandwich Potato Bread Wonder Country Potato Bread Stroehmann Dutch Country Potato Bread Potato Buns Schmidt Potato Buns, long

2 sl. (58g) 1 sl. (34g) 2 sl. (47g) 1 sl. (45g) 1 sl. (26g) 1 sl. (26g) 2 sl. (47g) 2 sl. (53g) 1 sl. (43g) 2 sl. (48g) 1 sl. (43g)

240 115 220 220 130 135 250 300 250 280 260

414 338 468 489 500 519 532 566 581 583 605

___ -18% 13% 18% 21% 25% 28% 37% 40% 41% 46%

1 bun (43g) 1 bun (43g) 1 bun (43g) 1 bun (64g) 1 bun (43g)

180 210 230 390 280

419 488 535 609 651

___ 17% 28% 45% 55%

-18% -5% 0% 98% 0%

1 bun (50g) 1 bun (43g) 1 bun (43g)

190 210 230

380 488 535

___ 29% 41%

-30% -5% 0%

1 sl. (32g) 1 sl. (34g) 1 sl. (35g)

120 160 170

375 471 486

___ 25% 30%

0% -6% 6%

1 bun (53g)

190

358

___

N/A

Sodium Content of Foods C 8

Serving Size Sodium (mg) Sodium mg/100g of Product Increase in Sodium over First Item Change in Sodium from 2005 to 2008* 0% 0% 0% 0%

Item Potato Rolls Schmidt's Potato Rolls Martins Potato Party Rolls Martins Famous Dutch Taste Potato Sandwich Rolls Stroehmann Dutch Country 8 Hot Dog Potato Rolls Crackers, Cheez-It type Sunshine Cheez-Its Baked Snack Safeway Cheddar Cheese Baked Snack 365 Cheese Squares Snack Late July Cheddar Cheese Bite-Size Great Value (Wal-Mart) Barbara's Cheese Bites

1 roll (53g) 1 roll (35g) 1 roll (53g) 1 roll (53g)

190 190 200 270

358 358 377 509

___ ___ 5% 42%

27 crackers (30g) 27 crackers (30g) 30 crackers (31g) 13 crackers (28g) 32 crackers (30g) 22 crackers (28g)

250 250 310 310 370 380

833 833 1,000 1,107 1,233 1,357

___ ___ 20% 33% 48% 63%

0% 0% 3% 1% 0% 0%

Crackers, Ritz type Great Value (Wal-Mart) Snack Crackers Ritz Reduced Fat Ritz

10 crackers (30g) 5 crackers (16g) 5 crackers (15g)

230 135 160

767 844 1,067

___ 10% 39%

0% 0% 7%

Crackers, Woven-wheat Triscuit Reduced Fat 365 Baked Woven Wheats Whole Wheat Safeway Reduced Fat Woven Wheats Baked Snack Triscuit Original Safeway Woven Wheats Baked Snack Great Value (Wal-Mart) Double Cross 7 crackers (29g) 8 crackers (30g) 8 crackers (32g) 7 crackers (28g) 8 crackers (31g) 7 crackers (31g) 160 170 200 180 200 200 552 567 625 643 645 645 ___ 3% 13% 16% 17% 17% 0% 0% 11% 0% 18% 0%

Salt Content of Foods 9

Serving Size Sodium (mg) Sodium mg/100g of Product Increase in Sodium over First Item Change in Sodium from 2005 to 2008* 0% 5% -4% -7% 0% -6% 0%

Item Crackers, Wheat thin type Barbara's Wheatines 365 Wheat Squares Snack Nabisco Wheat Thins Original Great Value (Wal-Mart) Wheat Crackers Nabisco Wheat Thins Reduced Fat Reduced Fat Safeway Thin Wheats Safeway Thin Wheats Baked Snack

4 crackers (14g) 16 crackers (30g) 16 crackers (31g) 16 crackers (31g) 16 crackers (29g) 16 crackers (31g) 16 crackers (31g)

80 200 260 260 260 280 290

571 667 839 839 897 903 935

___ 17% 47% 47% 57% 58% 64%

Crescent Rolls, Refrigerated dough Great Value (Wal-Mart) Pillsbury Giant Dinner Rolls, Ready-to-eat Giant Enriched Pepperidge Farm Sandwich Buns with Sesame Seeds Safeway Flaky Gem Brown 'n Serve 1 roll (28g) 1 roll (46g) 1 roll (27g) 130 220 180 464 478 667 ___ 3% 44% -24% 0% 50% 28g 1 oz. (28g) 1 oz. (28g) 220 220 220 786 786 786 ___ ___ ___ 0% 0% 47%

Dairy Products
Butter, Stick, Salted Nature's Promise Organic Breakstone's All Natural Great Value (Wal-Mart) Land O'Lakes Lucerne Sweet Cream 365 Sweet Cream Kerrygold Pure Irish 365 Organic Sweet Cream Salted 1 tbsp. (14g) 1 tbsp. (14g) 1 tbsp. (14g) 1 tbsp. (14g) 1 tbsp. (14g) 1 tbsp. (14g) 1 tbsp. (14g) 1 tbsp. (14g) 90 90 95 95 95 95 105 115 643 643 679 679 679 679 750 821 ___ ___ 6% 6% 6% 6% 17% 28% 20% 0% 6% 0% 6% 0% 0% 0%

Sodium Content of Foods C 10

Serving Size Sodium (mg) Sodium mg/100g of Product Increase in Sodium over First Item Change in Sodium from 2005 to 2008* 38% 0% -2%

Item Cheese, American, Blocks Lucerne Smooth Melting American Cheese Loaf Velveeta Pasteurized Prepared Product Velveeta Light Reduced Fat Pasteurized Prepared Product Cheese, American, Sliced Giant Yellow Singles Giant Yellow Deluxe Lucerne American Processed Cheese Food Velveeta Slices Pasteurized Prepared Product Lucerne Deluxe American Pasteurized Process Great Value (Wal-Mart) Pasteurized Process Cheese Product Kraft Singles American Pasteurized Prepared Product Horizon Organic American Singles Lucerne 2% Milk Reduced Fat Milk Slices Lucerne Fat Free American Artificially Flavored Nonfat Pasteurized Process Product Cheese, Cheddar, Blocks Tillamook Medium Lucerne Extra Sharp Great Value (Wal-Mart) Sharp Land O' Lakes Sharp Land O' Lakes Mild Cheese, Cheddar, Sliced Organic Valley mild Kraft Cracker Barrel Natural Sharp Slices Lucerne Sliced Medium Natural Great Value (Wal-Mart) Mild Kraft Deli Deluxe Sharp Slices

28g 1 oz. (28g) 1 oz. (28g)

400 410 410

1,429 1,464 1,464

___ 2% 2%

1 sl. (21g) 1 sl.(19g) 1 sl. (19g) 1 sl. (21g) 1 sl. (21g) 1 sl. (19g) 1 sl. (19g) 1 sl. (19g) 1 sl. (21g) 1 sl. (21g)

260 240 240 270 270 250 250 250 280 310

1,238 1,263 1,263 1,286 1,286 1,316 1,316 1,316 1,333 1,476

___ 2% 2% 4% 4% 6% 6% 6% 8% 19%

-10% -32% 0% 8% 0% 0% 2% 19% 0% 0%

1 oz.(28g) 1 oz. (28g) 1 oz. (28g) 1 oz. (28g) 1 oz. (28g)

170 180 180 190 190

607 643 643 679 679

___ 6% 6% 12% 12%

-6% 0% 0% 0% 0%

1 sl. (21g) 1 sl. (28g) 1 oz. (28g) (19g) 1 sl. (28g)

130 180 180 135 440

619 643 643 711 1,571

___ 4% 4% 15% 154%

2% -1% 0% 0% N/A

Salt Content of Foods 11

Serving Size Sodium (mg) Sodium mg/100g of Product Increase in Sodium over First Item Change in Sodium from 2005 to 2008* 49% 0% 117% 0% 33%

Item Cheese, Ricotta Sorrento Authentic Italian Taste Whole Milk Deli Style Frigo Whole Milk Great Value (Wal-Mart) Whole Milk Lucerne Whole Milk All Natural Maggio Premium Whole Milk Cheese, Cottage Breakstone's 2% milkfat Small Curd Light n' Lively Lowfat 1% Milkfat Great Value (Wal-Mart) 1% Lowfat Small Curd Lucerne Lowfat 2% Milkfat Calcium Fortified Cheese, Cheddar, Sliced, Pasteurized processed product Giant (12 oz.) Lucerne Slices Sharp Guaranteed Value Cheese, Cream, Brick Organic Valley Lucerne Kraft Philadelphia Original Great Value (Wal-Mart) Cheese, Cream, Fat Free Lucerne Kraft Philadelphia Great Value (Wal-Mart) Cream Cheese, Light Great Value (Wal-Mart) 1/3 Less Fat Kraft Philadelphia Light Giant Light

1/4 c. (62g) 1/4 c. (62g) 1/4 c. (62g) 1/4 c. (62g) 1/4 c. (61g)

75 85 120 150 200

121 137 194 242 328

___ 13% 60% 100% 171%

1/2 c. (124g) 1/2 c. (124g) 113g 1/2 c. (113g)

400 420 390 410

323 339 345 363

___ 5% 7% 12%

0% 6% 0% 0%

1 sl. (21g) 1 sl. (21g) 1 sl. (19g)

260 260 240

1,238 1,238 1,263

___ 0% 2%

N/A 0% N/A

2 tbsp. (30g) 2 tbsp. (30g) 1 oz. (28g) 2 tbsp. (30g)

100 105 105 200

333 350 375 667

___ 5% 13% 100%

-23% 5% 0% 87%

2 tbsp. (30g) 1 oz. (28g) 2 tbsp. (28g)

200 190 200

667 679 714

___ 2% 7%

48% -5% 0%

2 tbsp. (28g) 2 tbsp. (31g) 2 tbsp. (30g)

110 140 140

393 452 467

___ 15% 19%

0% -4% 4%

Sodium Content of Foods C 12

Serving Size Sodium (mg) Sodium mg/100g of Product Increase in Sodium over First Item Change in Sodium from 2005 to 2008* 0% 0% 0%

Item Cheese, Cream, Whipped Great Value (Wal-Mart) Giant Kraft Philadelphia Whipped Cheese, Monterey Jack Giant Lucerne Natural Great Value (Wal-Mart) Land O'Lakes Cheese, Mozzarella, Part-skim Giant Lucerne Low Moisture 32 oz. pack Organic Valley Organic Low Moisture Sorrento Low Moisture Frigo Low Moisture Cheese, Swiss, Block 365 Swiss Cheese Giant Super G Deli Chunk Great Value (Wal-Mart) Cheese, Swiss, Sliced Sargento Lucerne Sliced Natural Great Value (Wal-Mart)

2 tbsp. (20g) 2 tbsp. (20g) 2 tbsp. (21g)

65 65 90

325 325 429

___ ___ 32%

1 oz. (28g) 1 oz. (28g) 1 oz. (28g) 1 oz. (28g)

170 170 180 190

607 607 643 679

___ ___ 6% 12%

0% 0% 0% 0%

1 oz. (28g) 1 oz. (28g) 1 oz. (28g) 1 oz. (28g) 1 oz. (28g)

170 170 190 190 200

607 607 679 679 714

___ ___ 12% 12% 18%

1% 0% 81% 6% -5%

1 oz. (28g) 1 oz. (28g) 1 oz. (28g)

60 60 130

214 214 464

___ ___ 117%

0% -54% 0%

19g 1 sl. (21g) 1 oz. (28g)

40 50 130

211 238 464

___ 13% 95%

N/A 0% 0%

Frozen Foods
Chicken, Fried, Dinners Swanson Classic (with Mashed Potatoes, Sweet Corn) Hungry Man Boneless (with Mashed Potatoes, Corn & a Brownie) Banquet Our Original Meal (with mashed Potatoes and Corn) 1 pkg. (280g) 1 pkg. (454g) 1 pkg. (228g) 790 1,300 950 282 286 417 ___ 2% 48% -55% -40% 18%

Salt Content of Foods 13

Serving Size Sodium (mg) Sodium mg/100g of Product Increase in Sodium over First Item Change in Sodium from 2005 to 2008*

Item Macaroni and Cheese, Frozen dinners Stouffer's Lean Cuisine Weight Watchers Smart Ones Banquet Meal

10 oz. 1 meal (283g) 1 meal (340g)

630 790 1,100

223 279 324

___ 25% 45%

-3% -1% -27%

Chicken, Nuggets Banquet Chicken Breast Great Value (Wal-Mart) Chicken, Tenders Weaver Original Banquet Chicken Breast Strips Tyson Quick 'N Easy Great Value (Wal-Mart) Pizza, Cheese Elio's Linda McCartney All-Natural Tony's Original Crust 365 Four Cheese Amy's Great Value (Wal-Mart) stone-fired 5 Cheese (4 Cheese in 2007) Totinos Crisp Crust Party Original 3Cheese Celeste Pizza for One Original Cheese Pizzas, French Bread, Pepperoni Healthy Choice Pepperoni Stouffer's Red Baron Pepperoni 1 pizza (168g) 1 pc. (159g) 1 pizza (153g) 600 810 1,090 357 509 712 ___ 43% 100% 1% 73% 2% 2 sl. (138g) 1/2 pizza (128g) 1/3 pizza (142g) 1/3 pizza (132g) 1/3 pizza (123g) 1/5 pizza (125g) 1/2 pizza (139g) 1 pizza (158g) 530 550 640 600 590 640 750 1,090 384 430 451 455 480 512 543 690 ___ 12% 17% 18% 25% 33% 42% 80% 7% -10% -18% 0% 0% -17% 7% 1% 4 pcs. (85g) 5 pcs. (85g) 68g 85g 330 410 370 480 388 482 544 565 ___ 24% 40% 46% 32% -15% 40% 0% 5 pcs. (85g) 5 pcs. (84g) 490 650 576 774 ___ 34% 4% 0%

Sodium Content of Foods C 14

Serving Size Sodium (mg) Sodium mg/100g of Product Increase in Sodium over First Item Change in Sodium from 2005 to 2008* 75% -27% -20% -4% 0% -13% 6% 21%

Item Pizzas, Pepperoni Reggio's Chicago Style Premium Tony's Original Crust Red Baron Classic Safeway Tombstone Brick Oven Style Great Value (Wal-Mart) Totinos Crisp Crust Pizza for One

1/4 pizza (140g) 1/3 pizza (148g) 1/5 pizza (142g) 1/6 pizza (140g) 1/4 pizza (124g) 1/5 pizza (125g) 1/2 pizza (145g) 1 pizza (156g)

700 770 740 740 720 770 920 1,190

500 520 521 529 581 616 634 763

___ 4% 4% 6% 16% 23% 27% 53%

Pot Pies, Chicken Marie Callender's Stouffer's Pepperidge Farm Premium Swanson Great Value (Wal-Mart) Banquet Potatoes, Puffed 356 Tater Puffs Giant Ore-Ida Tater Tots Taquitos, Chicken Delimex Chicken Giant Chicken Taquitos, Beef & Cheddar Delimex Beef & Cheddar 5 pcs. (140g) 370 264 ___ -43% 5 pcs. (140g) 85g 540 390 386 459 ___ 19% 12% N/A 9 pcs. (85g) 85g 9 pcs. (86g) 240 270 420 282 318 488 ___ 13% 73% 0% N/A 0% 1 pie (234g) 1 package (235g) 1 pie (227) 1 pie (198g) 1 pie (198g) 1 pie (198g) 830 890 870 770 950 1,040 355 379 383 389 480 525 ___ 7% 8% 10% 35% 48% -2% -9% 0% 12% 0% 9%

Salt Content of Foods 15

Serving Size Sodium (mg) Sodium mg/100g of Product Increase in Sodium over First Item Change in Sodium from 2005 to 2008*

Item

Meats
Bacon Gwaltney Thick Sliced Virginia Cured Oscar Mayer Hearty Thick Cut Hormel Original Oscar Mayer Center Cut 30% lower fat Bacon, Smoked Safeway Select Naturally Smoked Thick Sliced Gwaltney Premium Hardwood Sliced Smithfield Naturally Hickory Smoked Jamestown Brand Hardwood Sliced Jimmy Dean Fresh Taste Hickory Fully Cooked Smithfield Naturally Hickory Smoked Center Cut 40% Lower Fat The Butcher's Cut Hickory Smoked, Sliced Oscar Mayer Naturally Hardwood Great Value (Wal-Mart) Smoked Bacon,Turkey Esskay Smoked Butterball Thin & Crispy Oscar Mayer Louis Rich Chicken, Fresh or Frozen Perdue Chicken Split Breasts Perdue Boneless Skinless Breast with Rib Meat Perdue Whole Chicken White Meat Perdue Oven Stuffer Fresh Whole Roaster Breast with Ribs and Back, White Meat Chicken, Broilers or Fryers, Breast, Meat only, Raw (USDA) Perdue Whole Chicken Dark Meat Mountaire Farms Boneless Breasts Skinless with Rib Meat 191g 191g 84g 84g 100g 84g 112g 100 100 45 50 65 55 75 52 52 54 60 65 65 67 ___ ___ 3% 14% 25% 26% 29% 1% -22% -47% 24% 0% N/A -80% 28g 3 sl. (27g) 1 sl. (15g) 200 260 180 714 963 1,200 ___ 35% 68% N/A -28% -7% 18g 1 sl. (12g) 2 sl. (15g) 2 sl. (12g) 240 250 330 270 1,333 2,083 2,200 2,250 ___ 56% 65% 69% -11% 0% 0% 0%

2 sl. (14g) 2 sl. (14g) 2 sl. (12g) 15g 3 sl. (17g) 15g 2 sl. (15g) 2 sl. (14g) 2 sl. (15g)

200 230 210 270 310 280 280 290 320

1,429 1,643 1,750 1,800 1,824 1,867 1,867 2,071 2,133

___ 15% 22% 26% 28% 31% 31% 45% 49%

0% 6% -6% -24% 9% 3% 4% 0% 0%

Sodium Content of Foods C 16

Serving Size Sodium (mg) Sodium mg/100g of Product 71 Increase in Sodium over First Item 37% Change in Sodium from 2005 to 2008* N/A

Item Perdue Oven Stuffer Fresh Whole Roaster Breast with Ribs and Back, Dark Meat The Butcher's Cut (Safeway) Boneless Skinless Breast with Rib Meat Chicken, Broilers or Fryers, Drumstick, Meat and Skin, Raw (USDA) Super G Boneless Skinless Thighs Chicken, Broilers or Fryers, Thigh, Meat only, Raw (USDA) Tyson Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts Perdue Drumsticks Tyson Fresh Boneless, Skinless Chicken Thigh Cutlets Manor House Young Chicken Boneless Skinless (Breast) Tenderloins (frozen) Hams Carl Buddig Honey Ham Healthy Choice Baked Cooked Smithfield 97% Fat Free Cooked Oscar Mayer Baked Cooked Oscar Mayer Shaved Smoked The Butcher's Cut 95% Fat Free Cooked Hot Dogs Nathan's Bigger-than-the-Bun 8 Skinless Beef Gwaltney Big 8's Jumbo Beef Ball Park Lite, Beef Ball Park Fat Free Beef Oscar Mayer XXL Deli Style Beef The Butcher's Cut Jumbo Beef Bar S Jumbo Armour Jumbo

84g

60

112g

85

76

46%

-76%

100g 112g 100g 112g 61g 112g 112g

83 95 86 110 65 160 170

83 85 86 98 107 143 152

60% 63% 65% 89% 105% 175% 192%

0% -5% 0% -52% 0% -36% 1%

56g 6 sl. (56g) 1 sl. (28g) 63g 51g 1 sl. (28g)

460 470 310 760 640 380

821 839 1,107 1,206 1,255 1,357

___ 2% 35% 47% 53% 65%

-23% -3% 0% 0% -3% 0%

1 link (57g) 1 frank (56g) 1 frank (50g) 1 link (50g) 1 link (76g) 1 link (57g) 1 link (56g) 1 frank (57g)

470 480 450 470 740 560 590 680

825 857 900 940 974 982 1,054 1,193

___ 4% 9% 14% 18% 19% 28% 45%

0% -17% -2% 12% 0% 0% -13% 10%

Salt Content of Foods 17

Serving Size Sodium (mg) Sodium mg/100g of Product Increase in Sodium over First Item Change in Sodium from 2005 to 2008* -1% 0% 31% 0% 7% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Item Pork, Fresh or Frozen IBP Supreme Lean Pork Tenderloin Pork, Loin, Whole, Lean and Fat, Raw (USDA) Smithfield Pork Spareribs, St. Louis Style Smithfield Pork Loin Back Ribs Pork, Spareribs, Lean and Fat, Raw (USDA) Tyson Fresh Boneless Loin Roast Tyson Fresh Tenderloin Hormel Always Tender Fresh Pork Loin Back Ribs Hormel Always Tender Fresh Pork Spareribs Tyson Fresh Loin Country Style Ribs Tyson Fresh Spareribs Sausage, Breakfast Links 365 Sizzle & Serve Links Pork Armour Brown n Serve Original Jimmy Dean Pork Original Johnsonville Original Pork Sausage, Maple or Brown Sugar Bob Evans Maple 365 Brown & Serve Link Made with Pork Maple Johnsonville Brown Sugar & Honey Johnsonville Maple Syrup Sausage, Pork Jimmy Dean Premium Regular Bob Evans Original Recipe Jamestown Brand Mild Safeway Select Country

112g 100g 112g 112g 100g 112g 112g 112g 112g 112g 112g

50 50 85 85 81 290 300 330 330 330 330

45 50 76 76 81 259 268 295 295 295 295

___ 11% 69% 69% 80% 475% 495% 555% 555% 555% 555%

2 links (56g) 3 links (60g) 3 links (53g) 3 links (55g)

350 380 350 490

625 633 660 891

___ 1% 6% 43%

-8% -35% 15% -20%

3 links (51g) 56g 3 links (55g) 3 links (55g)

310 360 440 470

608 643 800 855

___ 6% 32% 41%

-28% 3% -4% -22%

2 oz. (56g) 56g 42g 56g

450 460 400 550

804 821 952 982

___ 2% 18% 22%

61% -1% -5% 0%

Sodium Content of Foods C 18

Serving Size Sodium (mg) Sodium mg/100g of Product Increase in Sodium over First Item Change in Sodium from 2005 to 2008* -38% 40% 0%

Item Pork Sausage, Hot Jamestown Brand Hot Jimmy Dean Premium Hot Safeway Select Hot Country Pork Sausage, Sage 365 Brown & Serve Links Jimmy Dean Premium Bob Evans Savory Turkey, Fresh or Frozen Butterball Fresh Whole Turkey Breast Turkey, Young Hen, Breast, Meat and Skin, Raw (USDA) Shady Brook Farms Fresh Natural Hotel Style Young Turkey Breast with Ribs, Portions of Back and Wing Meat Perdue Frozen Whole Hen Turkey White Meat Perdue Frozen Whole Hen Turkey Dark Meat Shady Brook Farms Turkey Breast Cutlets Marval Prime Young Turkey Breast (frozen) Butterball Frozen Fully Cooked Whole Turkey Breast Turkey Breast, Sliced, Deli Healthy Ones Oven Roasted and White (97% Fat Free) Carl Buddig Oven Roasted Thins Sliced Lean Smithfield 96% Fat Free Honey Roasted and White Smithfield 98% Fat Free Oven Roasted Oscar Mayer Louis Rich 98% Fat Free Oven Roasted Oscar Mayer Oven Roasted Butterball Smoked Hearty Thick Sliced (98% Fat Free)

About 2 oz. (55g) 2 oz. (56g) 2 oz. (56g)

400 490 550

727 875 982

___ 20% 35%

2 links (56g) 2 oz. (56g) 2 oz. (56g)

380 420 570

679 750 1,018

___ 10% 50%

0% 31% 0%

112g 100g

55 55

49 55

___ 12%

N/A 0%

112g

65

58

18%

7%

3 oz. (84g) 3 oz. (84g) 112g 4 oz. (112g) 84g

50 70 240 390 500

60 83 214 348 595

21% 70% 337% 611% 1115%

10% N/A 0% -21% N/A

7 sl. (56g) 56g 1 sl. (28g) 1 sl. (28) 28g 3 sl. (57g) 1 sl. (28)

450 460 250 250 250 520 290

804 821 893 893 893 912 1,036

___ 2% 11% 11% 11% 13% 29%

-6% -23% -24% -29% -26% -24% 16%

Salt Content of Foods 19

Serving Size 1 pack (56g) 6 sl. (56g) 1 sl. (28g) Sodium (mg) 600 620 380 Sodium mg/100g of Product 1,071 1,107 1,357 Increase in Sodium over First Item 33% 38% 69% Change in Sodium from 2005 to 2008* -21% 2% -12%

Item Carl Buddig Honey Turkey Hillshire Farms Deli Select Thin Sliced Oven Roasted The Butchers Cut

Prepared Foods, Boxed

Macaroni and Cheese Giant Dinner Nature's Promise Macaroni and Cheese Organic Kraft Dinner The Cheesiest Great Value (Wal-Mart) Premium Macaroni and Cheese Breakfast Cereals Barbaras Honey Nut Os General Mills Frosted Cheerios 30g 28g 75 190 250 679 ___ 171% 0% -3% 70g 1 c. (70g) 70g 70g 560 570 580 720 800 814 829 1,029 ___ 2% 4% 29% 6% 1% -3% 17%

Salad Dressings
Salad Dressings, Blue Cheese Wishbone Just-2-Good Ken's Steakhouse Lite Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing Kraft Roka Brand Blue Cheese Salad Dressing, Caesar Annie's Natural Great Value (Wal-Mart) Safeway Select Fresh Garlic Light Cardini's The Original Safeway Select Fresh Garlic 365 Organic Wishbone Creamy Newman's Own Creamy Girard's Light Kraft's Classic Ken's Steakhouse Girard's Fat Free 2 tbsp. (30g) 30g 1 tbsp. (15g) 2 tbsp. (29g) 2 tbsp. (30ml) 2 tbsp. (30ml) 2 tbsp. (30g) 2 tbsp. (30g) 2 tbsp. (31g) 2 tbsp. (29g) 2 tbsp. (29g) 2 tbsp (34g) 210 210 120 240 260 280 300 340 370 380 430 510 700 700 800 828 867 933 1,000 1,133 1,194 1,310 1,483 1,500 ___ ___ 14% 18% 24% 33% 43% 62% 71% 87% 112% 114% 23% 0% -45% 0% 8% 8% 0% -27% 3% 23% 3% 2% 2 tbsp. (30g) 2 tbsp. (31g) 2 tbsp. (29g) 260 350 380 867 1,129 1,310 ___ 30% 51% -16% 0% 31%

Sodium Content of Foods C 20

Serving Size Sodium (mg) Sodium mg/100g of Product Increase in Sodium over First Item Change in Sodium from 2005 to 2008*

Item Salad Dressings, Caesar, Refrigerated Marie's Caesar T. Marzetti's Creamy Caesar Salad Dressing, Peppercorn Ranch Giant Ken's Steakhouse Fat Free Salad Dressings, Ranch Wishbone Hidden Valley The Original Ken's Steakhouse Buttermilk Hidden Valley Light Topping & Dressing Kraft Giant Great Value (Wal-Mart) Buttermilk Salad Dressings, Thousand-Island Kraft Fat Free Giant Ken's Steakhouse Giant Fat Free Great Value (Wal-Mart)

2 tbsp. (28ml) 2 tbsp. (29g)

170 320

607 1,103

___ 82%

21% 33%

29g 30g

230 390

793 1,300

___ 64%

0% 50%

2 tbsp. (30ml) 2 tbsp. (30g) 2 tbsp. (30g) 2 tbsp. (31g) 2 tbsp. (30g) 2 tbsp. (29g) 30g

250 260 280 290 310 300 380

833 867 933 935 1,033 1,034 1,267

___ 4% 12% 12% 24% 24% 52%

25% 0% -10% 0% 0% 43% 0%

2 tbsp. (33g) 30g 2 tbsp. (30g) 30g 2 tbsp. (30g)

260 280 300 300 320

788 933 1,000 1,000 1,067

___ 18% 27% 27% 35%

0% 12% 0% -5% 0%

Sauces
BBQ Sauce, Original Safeway Premium Select KC Masterpiece Premium Squeezable Sweet Baby Ray's Award Winning Giant Bull's-Eye Great Value (Wal-Mart) Kraft Original Tony Roma's Original Open Pit 2 tbsp. (36g) 2 tbsp. (36g) 2 tbsp. (37g) 2 tbsp. (34g) 2 tbsp. (36g) 2 tbsp (34g) 2 tbsp. (36g) 2 tbsp. (35g) 2 tbsp. (34g) 230 240 290 270 310 370 440 440 510 639 667 784 794 861 1,088 1,222 1,257 1,500 ___ 4% 23% 24% 35% 70% 91% 97% 135% 0% 0% -3% -27% -6% 0% -1% 0% 33%

Salt Content of Foods 21

Serving Size Sodium (mg) Sodium mg/100g of Product Increase in Sodium over First Item Change in Sodium from 2005 to 2008* 0% 0% 0% 0%

Item BBQ Sauce, Honey Squeezable Sweet Baby Ray's Award Winning Giant Great Value (Wal-Mart) Kraft Ketchup Annie's Organic 365 Heinz Heinz Organic Great Value (Wal-Mart) Salsa, Medium Drew's All Natural Muir Glen Organic Chi Chi's Fiesta Thick & Chunky Safeway Southwest Whole Foods Tostitos Old El Paso Thick N' Chunky Herdez Salsa Casera Sam's Choice (Wal-Mart) Thick & Chunky Salsa, Mild Enrico's Organic Muir Glen Organic Chi Chi's Fiesta Thick & Chunky Safeway Southwest Salsa Mild Whole Foods Tostitos Old El Paso Thick N' Chunky Sam's Choice Thick & Chunky Pace Chunky

2 tbsp. (37g) 2 tbsp. (36g) 2 tbsp. (36g) 2 tbsp. (36g)

300 320 320 360

811 889 889 1,000

___ 10% 10% 23%

1 tbsp. (17g) 1 tbsp. (17g) 1 tbsp. (17g) 1 tbsp. (17g) 1 tbsp. (17g)

150 160 190 190 190

882 941 1,118 1,118 1,118

___ 7% 27% 27% 27%

0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

2 tbsp. (28g) 2 tbsp. (31g) 2 tbsp. (30g) 2 tbsp. (28g) 2 tbsp. (31g) 2 tbsp. (33g) 2 tbsp. (30g) 2 tbsp. (31g) 2 tbsp. (30g)

100 130 150 150 210 250 230 270 300

357 419 500 536 677 758 767 871 1,000

___ 17% 40% 50% 90% 112% 115% 144% 180%

0% -4% 0% 0% 8% -4% 0% 0% 3%

2 tbsp. (32g) 2 tbsp. (31g) 2 tbsp. (30g) 2 tbsp. (28g) 2 tbsp. (31g) 2 tbsp. (33g) 2 tbsp. (30g) 2 tbsp. (31g) 2 tbsp. (30ml)

80 130 150 150 200 250 230 240 240

250 419 500 536 645 758 767 774 800

___ 68% 100% 114% 158% 203% 207% 210% 220%

0% -4% 0% 0% 3% -4% 0% 0% 0%

Sodium Content of Foods C 22

Serving Size Sodium (mg) Sodium mg/100g of Product Increase in Sodium over First Item Change in Sodium from 2005 to 2008*

Item Sauce, Spaghetti Walnut Acres Organic Marinara & Herbs Classico Traditional Favorites Tomato & Basil 365 Marinara Barilla Marinara Tomato & Onion Great Value (Wal-Mart) Traditional Newman's Own Marinara 365 Organic Bertolli Marinara with Burgundy Wine Ragu Old World Style Traditional Amy's Organic Family Marinara Pasta Sauce Safeway Select Premium Quality Verdi Marinara Pasta Sauce Francesco Rinaldi Original Traditional Giant Traditional Sauce, Steak Great Value (Wal-Mart) A1 Giant Golden Premium Sauce, Tomato Great Value (Wal-Mart) Giant Contadina Hunt's Sauce, Soy Safeway Select Gourmet Club Naturally Brewed Kikkoman Naturally Brewed La Choy

1/2 c. (125g) 1/2 c. (125g) 1/2 c. (118g) 1/2 c. (125g) 1/2 c. (125g) 1/2 c. (125g) 1/2 c. (113g) 1/2 c. (126g) 1/2 c. (125g) 1/2 c. (125g) 1/2 c. (125g) 1/2 c. (125g) 1/2 c. (125g)

330 380 430 460 490 510 470 530 580 590 630 650 660

264 304 364 368 392 408 416 421 464 472 504 520 528

___ 15% 38% 39% 48% 55% 58% 59% 76% 79% 91% 97% 100%

0% 23% -14% -8% 0% 0% 93% 0% -25% 0% 0% 0% -10%

1 tbsp. (15g) 1 tbsp. (17g) 1 tbsp. (17g)

170 280 300

1,133 1,647 1,765

___ 45% 56%

-6% 0% 20%

1/4 c. (61g) 1/4 c. (62g) 1/4 c. (61g) 1/4 c. (62g)

260 280 280 390

426 452 459 629

___ 6% 8% 48%

0% 0% 0% 3%

1 tbsp. (15ml) 1 tbsp. (15ml) 1 tbsp. (15ml)

920 920 1,160

6,133 6,133 7,733

___ ___ 26%

0% 0% -8%

Salt Content of Foods 23

Serving Size Sodium (mg) Sodium mg/100g of Product Increase in Sodium over First Item Change in Sodium from 2005 to 2008*

Item

Snack Foods
Cheese Curls Barbara's Bakery Cheese Puffed Bakes 365 Crunchitos Extra Cheddar Baked Utz Michael Season's Ultimate White Cheddar Cheese Puffs Cheetos Crunchy Bachman Great Value (Wal-Mart) Cheddar Cheese Crunch Potato Chips, Lightly Salted Lays Lightly Salted Kettle Chips Natural Gourmet Lightly Salted Potato Chips and Crisps Utz Kettle Classics Crunch Grandma Utz's Handcooked Great Value (Wal-Mart) Original Pringles Original (crisps) Lay's Classic Lay's Wavy Original Lowfat Kettle Crisps Gourmet Baked Ruffles Original Rice Snacks, Caramel Corn Safeway Quaker 1 cake 13g 7 snacks (15g) 40 150 308 1,000 ___ 225% 0% 0% 1 oz. (28g) 1 oz. 20 pcs. (28g) 1 oz. (28g) 1 oz. (28g) 1 oz. (28g) 18 pcs. (28g) 1 oz. (28g) 120 120 160 170 180 180 190 211 429 429 571 607 643 643 679 754 ___ ___ 33% 42% 50% 50% 58% 76% -68% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 19% 32% 28g 1 oz. (28g) 90 105 321 375 ___ 17% N/A -5% 1 oz. (28g) 28g 28g 1 oz. (28g) 1 1/2 c. (28g) 1 oz. (28g) 1 oz. (28g) 27 pcs. (28g) 190 210 230 260 270 290 300 340 679 750 821 929 964 1,036 1,071 1,214 ___ 10% 21% 37% 42% 53% 58% 79% 0% 0% -15% 0% 0% 0% -16% 13%

Tortilla Chips, Yellow Garden of Eatin Yellow All Natural Little Bear All Natural 28g 28g 55 65 196 232 ___ 18% -21% 0%

Sodium Content of Foods C 24

Serving Size 1 oz. (28g) 1 oz. (28g) 6 chips 1 oz. (28g) 18 chips Sodium (mg) 80 100 180 Sodium mg/100g of Product 286 357 643 Increase in Sodium over First Item 46% 82% 228% Change in Sodium from 2005 to 2008* -37% 25% 13%

Item Green Mountain Gringo Tortilla Strips Tostitos Natural Guiltless Gourmet Baked

Tortilla Chips, White 365 Organic Tostitos Bite Size Tostitos Scoops Utz Tostitos Hint of Lime 30g 1 oz. (28g) 1 oz. (28g) 1 oz. (28g) 1 oz. (28g) 50 110 120 120 160 167 393 429 429 571 ___ 135% 157% 157% 242% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Soups
Broth, Beef Swanson 99% Fat Free Safeway Great Value (Wal-Mart) Broth, Chicken Health Valley Fat-Free Swanson Certified Organic Free Range Pacific Free-Range 365 Organic Great Value (Wal-Mart) Swanson 99% Fat Free Safeway Soup, Cream of Tomato Amy's Organic Low Fat Walnut Acres Certified Organic Pacific Organic Soup, Tomato Great Value (Wal-Mart) Condensed Soup (Prepared) Safeway Condensed Soup (Prepared) 1 c. (240ml.) 1 c. (250g) 1 c. (240ml.) 340 600 750 142 240 313 ___ 69% 120% 0% 2% 0% 1 c. (240g) 1 c. (240ml) 1 c. (240ml) 1 c. (237g) 1 c. (245g) 1 c. (240ml) 1 c. (245g) 390 550 570 660 970 960 1,000 163 229 238 278 396 400 408 ___ 41% 46% 71% 143% 145% 150% 3% -4% 0% 15% 0% 0% 3% 1 c. (240ml) 1 c. (240ml) 1 c. (240g) 890 910 940 371 379 392 ___ 2% 6% 13% 1% 0%

1 c. (244g) 1 c. (246g)

680 710

279 289

___ 3%

9% -4%

Salt Content of Foods 25

Serving Size 1 c. (240ml) 1 c. (245g) Sodium (mg) 710 1,110 Sodium mg/100g of Product 296 453 Increase in Sodium over First Item 6% 62% Change in Sodium from 2005 to 2008* 0% 17%

Item Campbell's, condensed Classics (Prepared) Progresso Classics Hearty Tomato Soup, Vegetable Health Valley Organic Wolfgang Puck Hearty Thick Country Great Value (Wal-Mart) Vegetable Condensed Soup, Vegetable Stock Campbell's, condensed Classics Vegetarian Vegetable (Prepared) Campbell's condensed Classics Vegetable , Beef Stock (Prepared)

1 c. (240g) 1 c. (245g) 246g 1 c. (240ml) 1 c. (240g)

480 690 710 790 890

200 282 289 329 371

___ 41% 44% 65% 85%

-17% -8% 0% 0% -1%

Canned Vegetables
Baked Beans B&M Original Great Value (Wal-Mart) Bush's Best Original Baked Beans, Vegetarian B&M Heinz Bush's Best Vegetarian Tomatoes, Diced Del Monte Contadina Roma Style Great Value (Wal-Mart) Furmanos Hunts Petite Diced Hunts Diced, Original Tomatoes, Crushed Great Value (Wal-Mart) Hunts Contadina Roma Style 1/4 c. (61g) 1/2 c. (121g) 1/4 c. (61g) 95 290 150 156 240 246 ___ 54% 58% 0% -17% 0% 1/2 c. (126g) 1/2 c. (122g) 1/2 c. (120g) 1/2 c. (127g) 1/2 c. (121g) 1/2 c. (121g) 200 200 220 270 340 340 159 164 183 213 281 281 ___ 3% 15% 34% 77% 77% -20% 0% 1% 0% 3% -11% 1/2 c. (130g) 1/2 c. (130g) 1/2 c. (130g) 380 480 550 292 369 423 ___ 26% 45% 12% N/A 0% 1/2 c. (131g) 130g 1/2 c. (130g) 390 490 550 298 377 423 ___ 26% 42% 3% 0% 0%

Sodium Content of Foods C 26

Serving Size Sodium (mg) Sodium mg/100g of Product Increase in Sodium over First Item Change in Sodium from 2005 to 2008* -1% -93% 17%

Item Tomatoes, Paste Great Value (Wal-Mart) Contadina Roma Style Hunts Tomatoes, Whole & Peeled Hunts Delallo Great Value (Wal-Mart) Whole in Juice Ferrara Giant Muir Glen Organic

2 tbsp. (33g) 2 tbsp. (33g) 2 tbsp. (33g)

20 20 105

61 61 318

___ ___ 422%

1/2 c. (121g) 1/2 c. (121g) 1/2 c. (121g) 1/2 c. (121g) 1/2 c. (121g) 1/2 c. (122g)

210 220 220 220 250 260

174 182 182 182 207 213

___ 4% 4% 4% 19% 22%

11% 0% 0% -34% 0% 0%

Other Canned Foods

Tuna fish, White Albacore, Canned, Packed in Water Crown Prince Natural Solid 365 Solid Bumble Bee Solid Great Value (Wal-Mart) Spaghetti-O's Campbell's SpaghettiOs Great Value (Wal-Mart) Spaghetti Rings Giant Spaghetti Rings Safeway Spaghetti Rings in Tomato Sauce 1 c. (252g) 1 c. (252g) 1 c. (252g) 1 c. (252g) 630 950 970 990 250 377 385 393 ___ 51% 54% 57% -26% 0% -9% -8% 1/4 c. (56g) 1/4 c. (56g) 1/4 c. (56g) 1/4 c. (56g) 105 150 180 200 188 268 321 357 ___ 42% 71% 90% 0% 0% -28% -20%

Salt Content of Foods 27

Change in Sodium from 2005 to 2008*

Item

Serving Size

Sodium (mg)

Sodium mg/100g of Product

Increase in Sodium over First Item

Restaurant Foods
Breakfast Foods
Egg Bacon and Cheese Biscuit Hardee's McDonald's Egg and Cheese on a Bagel Einstein Brothers Plain, Egg w/ Cheese Au Bon Pain Dunkin Donuts Egg and Cheese on a Croissant Dunkin Donuts Egg Cheese Croissant Burger King Croissan'wich w/ Egg & Cheese Sausage, Breakfast McDonald's Patty Arby's Patty Sausage Biscuits, Breakfast Hardee's McDonald's Arby's Chick-fil-A Sausage and Egg Biscuits, Breakfast Hardee's McDonald's 185g 163g 1,290 1,170 697 718 ___ 3% 0% 15% 142g 117g 122g 131g 1,240 1,080 1,160 1,360 873 923 951 1,038 ___ 6% 9% 19% 0% 11% -14% 88% 41g 51g 340 480 829 941 ___ 14% 23% N/A 153g 115g 790 740 516 643 ___ 25% 24% -1% 248g 213g 225g 840 900 1,120 339 423 498 ___ 25% 47% 3% 8% -6% 174g 142g 1,360 1,230 782 866 ___ 11% 0% 0%

Bread
Breadsticks Domino's Little Caesar's Crazy Bread Pizza Hut Papa John's 30g 38g 65g 115g 100 150 270 540 333 395 415 470 ___ 19% 25% 41% -18% 1% -18% 1%

Sodium Content of Foods C 28

Serving Size Sodium (mg) Sodium mg/100g of Product Increase in Sodium over First Item Change in Sodium from 2005 to 2008*

Item

Chicken, Fried
Chicken, Fried, Breast KFC Original Recipe Chicken, Fried, Thigh KFC Original Recipe 106g 730 689 ___ -18% 156g 990 635 ___ -11%

Chicken Strips and Nuggets

Chicken Nuggets McDonald's 4-pc.McNuggets Wendy's 5-pc Chick-fil-A 8-pack Chicken Strips or Tenders Jack in the Box Chick-fil-A (4) KFC Crispy Strips Burger King 5-pc. Arby's Popcorn Chicken Regular McDonald's Chicken Selects Hardee's 5 Piece 201g 215g 152g 77g 126g 219g 241g 1,260 1,390 1,040 540 930 1,680 2,260 627 647 684 701 738 767 938 ___ 3% 9% 12% 18% 22% 50% -4% 12% -17% 2% N/A 10% 0% 64g 75g 170g 400 520 1,250 625 693 735 ___ 11% 18% -11% 6% -24%

Pizza
Pizza, Cheese, Thin Crust Little Caesar's Domino's Crunchy Papa John's Pizza Hut Pizza, Cheese, Hand-Tossed Style Little Caesar's Domino's Papa John's Original Crust Pizza Hut 113g 113g 132g 135g 410 490 750 830 363 434 568 615 ___ 19% 57% 69% 4% -11% 0% 15% 113g 76g 96g 111g 410 340 540 820 363 447 563 739 ___ 23% 55% 104% 11% -25% 1% 19%

Salt Content of Foods 29

Serving Size Sodium (mg) Sodium mg/100g of Product Increase in Sodium over First Item Change in Sodium from 2005 to 2008* -5% -10% 1% 22%

Item Pizza, Pepperoni, Hand-Tossed Style Little Caesar's Domino's Papa John's Original Crust Pizza Hut Pizza, Pepperoni, Thin Crust Style Little Caesar's Papa John's Original Crust

120g 125g 128g 134g

520 680 810 960

433 544 633 716

___ 26% 46% 65%

120g 92g

520 600

433 652

___ 51%

-5% 4%

Potatoes, Fried
French Fries, Medium McDonalds Wendys Burger King Hardees Arbys Curly 117g 142g 116g 162g 125g 270 370 590 960 928 231 261 509 593 742 ___ 13% 120% 157% 221% 20% -14% -7% 207% N/A

Salads
Caesar Salads Panera Au Bon Pain Asiago Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken Au Bon Pain Grilled Chicken Caesar Asiago Chick-fil-A Chick-n-Strips Salad McDonalds with 2 oz. Newmans Own Creamy Caesar Dressing KFC Roasted Chicken Caesar Salad (w/ dressing and croutons) Burger King Tendergrill Chicken Garden Salad with 2 oz. Kens Creamy Caesar Dressing 135g 170g 310 470 230 276 ___ 20% -24% -11%

241g 388g 370g 322g 343g

680 1,170 1,390 1,210 1,360

282 302 376 376 397

___ 7% 33% 33% 41%

-19% 16% -4% -2% -15%

Sodium Content of Foods C 30

Serving Size Sodium (mg) Sodium mg/100g of Product Increase in Sodium over First Item Change in Sodium from 2005 to 2008*

Item

Sandwiches
Cheeseburgers Jack in the Box Burger King Wendys Jr. McDonalds Cheeseburgers, Large Jack in the Box Jumbo Jack w/ Cheese Original Burger King Whopper w/ Cheese McDonalds Quarter Pounder w/ Cheese Grilled Chicken Sandwiches Arbys Chicken Fillet Sandwich Grilled Wendys Ultimate Chicken Grill Sandwich Burger King Original Sandwich McDonalds Premium Grilled Chicken Classic Sandwich Hamburgers Burger King Wendys Jr. McDonalds Hamburgers, Medium Burger King Whopper McDonalds Quarter Pounder Hamburgers, Large McDonalds Big n Tasty Hardees 1/3 lb. Thickburger Roast Beef Sub Sandwiches Blimpie Subway 599g 448g 2,102 1,800 351 402 ___ 14% -8% -2% 206g 349g 720 1,560 350 447 ___ 28% -15% 4% 290g 169g 1,020 730 352 432 ___ 23% 0% 1% 121g 98g 100g 560 490 520 463 500 520 ___ 8% 12% 2% -3% 3% 244g 211g 219g 226g 1,002 950 1,190 1,290 411 450 543 571 ___ 10% 32% 39% N/A -8% -13% 19% 286g 315g 198g 1,310 1,450 1,190 458 460 601 ___ 1% 31% 8% 0% 4% 184g 133g 109g 114g 970 780 690 750 527 586 633 658 ___ 11% 20% 25% -10% 1% 1% 6%

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Serving Size Sodium (mg) Sodium mg/100g of Product Increase in Sodium over First Item Change in Sodium from 2005 to 2008*

Item

Soups
Beef Soup Au Bon Pain Beef and Vegetable Blimpies Beef Stew Chicken Noodle Soup Au Bon Pain Subway Roasted Blimpie Panera Low Fat Vegetable Soup Au Bon Pain Garden Blimpies Harvest Panera Low Fat 340g 244g 227g 1,070 920 1,030 315 377 454 ___ 20% 44% 16% 38% 39% 340g 310g 241g 227g 1,050 1,240 1,040 1,110 309 400 432 489 ___ 29% 40% 58% 4% 2% 15% 15% 340g 241g 1,010 890 297 369 ___ 24% -2% -13%