A detailed list of salt or sodium content of snacks, sauces, soups, butter, cheese and cream is given. The table below shows that pretzel, soups, sauces and cottage cheese are very high in salt. Corn chips and potato chips contain too much salt as also pretzael. Similarly tomato sauce and tomato soup are rich in salt so you may avoid these or chose their low salt variety. For example, 250 g of pasta sauce contains 1030 mg of sodium, almost half the daily rfecommended intake of sodium.
Sodium in Snacks
| Food | Weight (g) | Portion | Sodium (mg) |
| Corn chips, barbecue-flavor | 28.35 | 1 oz | 216 |
| Potato chips, barbecue-flavor | 28.35 | 1 oz | 213 |
| Potato chips, plain, salted | 28.35 | 1 oz | 168 |
| Potato chips, plain, unsalted | 28.35 | 1 oz | 2 |
| Pretzels, hard, plain, salted | 60 | 10 pretzels | 1,029 |
| Tortilla chips | 28.35 | 1 oz | 150 |
| Tortillas, ready-to-bake, corn | 26 | 1 tortilla | 42 |
| Tortillas, ready-to-bake, flour | 32 | 1 tortilla | 153 |
| Taco shells, baked | 13.3 | 1 medium | 49 |
Low sodium foods | Salt substitute | Salt in meat, fast foods, fish | Sodium Food Sources | Sodium in legumes, lentils | Sodium in vegetables, fruits
Sodium in Soups & Sauces
| Barbecue sauce | 15.75 | 1 Tbsp | 128 |
| Cheese sauce, | 63 | 1/4 cup | 522 |
| Pasta sauce | 250 | 1 cup | 1,030 |
| Salsa sauce | 16 | 1 Tbsp | 69 |
| Tomato sauce | 245 | 1 cup | 1,482 |
| Soy sauce | 16 | 1 Tbsp | 914 |
| Tomato paste, without salt added | 262 | 1 cup | 231 |
| Cream of mushroom soup, canned | 248 | 1 cup | 918 |
| Onion soup, dehydrated | 39 | 1 packet | 3,493 |
| Tomato soup, canned | 244 | 1 cup | 695 |
| Vegetable soup, canned | 241 | 1 cup | 822 |
| Gravy, beef, canned | 58.25 | 1/4 cup | 326 |
| Gravy, turkey, canned | 59.6 | 1/4 cup | 344 |
| Cake, prepared by dry mix, | 50 | 1 piece | 255 |
| Cake, pound, fat-free | 28 | 1 slice | 95 |
| Danish pastry, cheese | 71 | 1 Danish | 320 |
| Puddings, vanilla | 113 | 4 oz | 153 |
| Doughnuts, plain | 47 | 1 medium | 257 |
| Pie, apple | 155 | 1 piece | 327 |
| Pie, blueberry | 147 | 1 piece | 272 |
| Pie, cherry | 180 | 1 piece | 344 |
| Pie, pumpkin | 155 | 1 piece | 349 |
| Sugars, granulated | 4.2 | 1 tspn | 0 |
Sodium Content of Butter, Cheese & Cream
| Butter with salt | 14.2 | 1 Tbsp | 117 |
| Butter without salt | 14.2 | 1 Tbsp | 2 |
| Peanut butter, chunk with salt | 16 | 1 Tbsp | 78 |
| Peanut butter, smooth with salt | 16 | 1 Tbsp | 75 |
| Margarine with salt added | 14.1 | 1 Tbsp | 133 |
| Cheddar Cheese | 28.35 | 1 oz | 176 |
| Cheddar Cheese, low fat | 28.35 | 1 oz | 174 |
| Cottage Cheese,1% milk fat | 226 | 1 cup | 918 |
| Feta Cheese | 28.35 | 1 oz | 316 |
| Mozzarella Cheese | 28.35 | 1 oz | 150 |
| Parmesan Cheese | 5 | 1 Tbsp | 93 |
| Ricotta Cheese | 246 | 1 cup | 308 |
| Swiss Cheese | 28.35 | 1 oz | 74 |
| Cream | 14.5 | 1 Tbsp | 43 |
| Sour Cream | 12 | 1 Tbsp | 6 |
| Whipped Cream | 3 | 1 Tbsp | 4 |
| Condensed milk, sweetened | 306 | 1 cup | 389 |
| Evaporated milk, non-fat | 256 | 1 cup | 294 |
| Chocolate milk, low-fat | 250 | 1 cup | 153 |
| Milk shake, vanilla | 313 | 11 fl oz | 297 |
| Soy milk | 245 | 1 cup | 29 |
| Ice cream, vanilla | 66 | 1/2 cup | 53 |