Thursday, August 13, 2009

What’s in a Name?

When you’re scanning a food label, don’t just look for the word “salt.”
Watch out for various forms of sodium or other names for the same thing:

sodium alginate
sodium ascorbate
sodium bicarbonate (baking soda)
sodium benzoate
sodium caseinate
sodium chloride
sodium citrate
sodium hydroxide
sodium saccharin
sodium stearoyl lactylate
sodium sulfite
disodium phosphate
monosodium glutamate (MSG)
trisodium phosphate
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