Hi all. I see many comments / posts when reading around about the sodium levels in canned food. Specifically they seem to be referring to the need to put sodium in canned beans(not baked beans) / vegetables, for firmness from what I remember
I’m in the UK and eat a lot of canned pulses / beans like chickpea. Kidney etc.
Some of them have the sodium containing preservative in and some do not. The thing is, none of them have over say .2g salt in the whole can.
So my question:
Is the sodium these people are talking about not a mandate to include in the ‘salt’ measurement on the label in the UK
or
are they referring to canned beans in other countries?
It sounds like the canned pulses you are eating are just fine. Sodium used to get a bad rap in the US. US dietary guidelines state max sodium intake should be 2g (2,000mg) total per day. Most of the processed foods that are high in sodium are usually not canned veg/pulses/fish - canned whole foods typically don’t have the high sodium of processed/packaged foods, such as ready meals.